Nakanishi Nao is a producer for NHK World's Digital News Division in Tokyo, working on "Backstories" and "Coronavirus the facts" series. She previously worked as a reporter and editor for a bilingual newspaper in Los Angeles serving the Japanese-American community. She started her career in 2003 as a video journalist for NHK's domestic bureaus in Japan, with the goal of ensuring equal access to information for foreign residents, particularly during natural disasters.