Nobuhiko (Nobi) Ochiai '65
International Journalist and Author
Tokyo, Japan
Major: History
Received an Albright College Honorary Degree in 1997.

Following graduation from Albright and a successful career in the oil business in New York and Texas, Nobi returned to Japan in 1973. Since that time, he has emerged as one of Japan's most prominent and provacative writers. In addition to his novels and current affairs books, Nobi is a prolific contributor to newspapers and magazines in Japan. A true man of the world, he has interviewed Benjamin Netanyahu, Edward Shevardnadze, Margaret Thatcher, and Julie Nixon Eisenhower, among others, and counts Frederico Fellini and Sir Jeffrey Archer among his friends.

Having written more than 80 books, he has focused on relations between the U.S. and the then-USSR and the U.S. and Japan. His first book, Two Leaders was published in 1977. Other books by Nobi include The Oil War, The Truth in 2039 - The Men Who Killed Kennedy, Mossad, Its Truth, A Spare Detachment and America's Insanity and a Tragedy.

From an Albright standpoint, Nobi's most notable book is America Yo, America Yo. In it, Nobi describes his experiences at Albright College.