Roger J. Davies is the author of Japanese Culture and coeditor of The Japanese Mind. He has taught courses in business management, intercultural communication, and Japanese culture at both postgraduate and undergraduate levels at some of Japan's leading schools, including Hitotsubashi University.
Osamu Ikeno holds master's degrees in linguistics and ESL from Kobe University and the University of Hawaii. He is Professor of English Education in the Faculty of Education at Ehime University.
Eric Jason Martin is a producer, director, and voice performer based in Los Angeles. He is the AudioFile Earphones and Audie Award-winning narrator of over 200 audiobooks, including works by Kurt Vonnegut, David Foster Wallace, Karin Slaughter, and Lee Child.