On-the-ground reporter · Bangkok

Maren Saito

Half-Japanese, half-American. Bangkok-based since 2021. Bylines in Vice, Roads & Kingdoms, Rest of World, and Mekong Review. She has the cell number of the manager at three different soapland houses in Tokyo.

Archival researcher · Bristol

James Hollander

Brooklyn-born, Oxford-trained historian. Nine years a research fellow at All Souls. Reads French, Italian, Latin, and German. His first book, The Sporting House Ledger, is forthcoming from Yale University Press.