Kaoriko Kuge works as a reporter and anchor for Fuji Television's subsidiary, Fujisankei Communications International NY. She anchors a daily news show that caters to Japanese living abroad.Ms Kuge began her career as a simultaneous interpreter for Simul International. She then switched professions, pursuing a career in journalism. She anchored news programs at NHK BS7. Following that, she co-anchored the Sunday morning political show on Fuji Television, “Hodou 2001.”

Ms Kuge moved to New York in 1998 and reported on the United Nations and other news stories for Fuji Television. She also reported for the morning news show, “Mezamashi TV” for twelve years.

Ms Kuge has produced three documentaries on the history of Japanese Americans that aired in Japan and the United States. The first documentary she made was about a politician in the state of Colorado named Ralph Carr who supported Japanese Americans during WWII. She followed that up with biographies on two of the highest ranking Japanese American politicians on Capitol Hill:  former U.S. Transportation Secretary Norman Mineta and the Senate President Pro Tempore, Senator Daniel Inouye.