Why are 1 million Japanese young men living solitary lives? A feature interview with the author of Shutting Out the Sun: How Japan Created Its Own Lost Generation.
Michael Zielenziger is a visiting scholar at the Institute of East Asian Studies, U. C. Berkeley, and was the Tokyo-based bureau chief for Knight Ridder Newspapers for seven years. Read his full biography at Random House.com.
Why are millions of people living social lives online? The Agenda examines the growth and implications of virtual life.
Jesse Hirsh is a broadcaster, researcher, and technology analyst. Read his full biography at jessehirsh.com.
Alexandra Shimo is an arts reporter and a freelance writer.
Tony Walsh is an independent artist, writer, designer and cultural critic. He has his own website, secretlair.com , and a blog on culture, technology, business and video games called Clickable Culture.
Anthony D. Williams is co-author of Wikinomics. Anthony is vice president and executive editor at New Paradigm.
Mike Miner is a producer for The Agenda with Steve Paikin. Previously at TVO, he was a producer for Studio 2. Originally from Sudbury Ontario, Mike studied journalism and literature at Carleton University and spends as much of his vacation time as possible travelling - including a recent trip to China. He also writes for a variety of publications about arts and culture. Read his Blog: The Fifth Column. Follow Mike on Twitter.