Miki Sumiyoshi
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is a Japanese
Japanese people
The are an ethnic group originating in the Japanese archipelago and are the predominant ethnic group of Japan. Worldwide, approximately 130 million people are of Japanese descent; of these, approximately 127 million are residents of Japan. People of Japanese ancestry who live in other countries...

 announcer. She works for the public broadcaster NHK
NHK
NHK is Japan's national public broadcasting organization. NHK, which has always identified itself to its audiences by the English pronunciation of its initials, is a publicly owned corporation funded by viewers' payments of a television license fee....

. Miki was born in Kawasaki
Kawasaki, Kanagawa
is a city located in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan, between Tokyo and Yokohama. It is the 9th most populated city in Japan and one of the main cities forming the Greater Tokyo Area and Keihin Industrial Area....

, and moved with her family to Seattle, Washington
Seattle, Washington
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 in the United States
United States
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. She returned to Japan
Japan
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 while in elementary school, and completed junior high school in Kobe
Kobe
, pronounced , is the fifth-largest city in Japan and is the capital city of Hyōgo Prefecture on the southern side of the main island of Honshū, approximately west of Osaka...

. She then moved to Vancouver
Vancouver
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 in Canada
Canada
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, graduating from high school, and again to Japan, where she attended and graduated from International Christian University
International Christian University
There are several rankings related to ICU, shown below.-Alumni rankings:According to the Weekly Economist's 2010 rankings and the PRESIDENT's article on 2006/10/16, graduates from ICU have the 24th best employment rate in 400 major companies, and their average graduate salary is the 4th best in...

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In 1996, she joined NHK. Her career has taken her to positions in Fukushima
Fukushima, Fukushima
is the capital city of Fukushima Prefecture in the Tōhoku Region of Japan. As of May 2011 the city has an estimated population of 290,064 and an area of 746.43 km².It lies about 250 km north of Tokyo and 80 km south of Sendai.-History:...

, Sendai, and Tokyo
Tokyo
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, where she now works.

Miki regularly appears in three regular television programs, and in a fourth, which is broadcast occasionally. She has done music, news, information, nature and other genres.

She hosted the radio broadcast of the 55th NHK Kōhaku Uta Gassen, NHK's annual New Year's Eve spectacular, and has been selected to co-host the 58th NHK Kōhaku Uta Gassen
58th NHK Kohaku Uta Gassen
The , referred to from hereon as "Kōhaku," aired on December 31, 2007. on NHK Hall in Japan. Air time was from 19:20 to 23:45...

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Source

This article incorporates material translated from the Japanese Wikipedia article 住吉美紀 (Sumiyoshi Miki), retrieved on December 14, 2007.

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