Dalton Ichiro Tanonaka was born on June 13,1954 and is an American television executive.
15 Facts About Dalton Tanonaka
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Dalton Tanonaka has spent most of his career in Asia, receiving several international and US.
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Dalton Tanonaka helped launch and was the anchor of "Japan Business Today", an internationally distributed daily program from Tokyo.
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From regional headquarters in Chai Wan, Hong Kong, Dalton Tanonaka anchored daily news and feature programs including "The NBC Asia Evening News" and "Money, Money, Money".
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Dalton Tanonaka was appointed Honolulu's director of economic development, where he served until resuming his journalism career in 1999.
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Dalton Tanonaka cooperated with authorities, but after agreeing to plead guilty to technical violations, US District Judge Helen Gillmor ordered him to spend 90 days in the Honolulu Federal Detention Center to "send a message" to the public.
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In 2006, Dalton Tanonaka joined Indonesia's first 24-hour news channel MetroTV in Jakarta.
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Dalton Tanonaka was tasked with creating a new international-standard English program for global distribution.
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In 2010, Dalton Tanonaka teamed up with actress Rahayu "Sara" Saraswati for the weekly dialogue program "TalkIndonesia".
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Dalton Tanonaka was a regular columnist in the Jakarta Post "Weekender" magazine from its debut in 2007, moving to the Jakarta Globe in 2010.
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In January 2014, Dalton Tanonaka became CEO of "The Indonesia Channel," the country's first 24-hour all-English channel for global distribution.
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Dalton Tanonaka has been involved in a variety of other charitable activities in Indonesia.
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Dalton Tanonaka secured MetroTV's commitment in airing public service announcements and a concert special.
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Finally, to develop and promote Indonesian artists, Dalton Tanonaka created "The Mister Moonlight Show" in 2009, a live music event with Indonesian musicians and singers for five-star hotel venues.
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Dalton Tanonaka is the author of four books, compilations of his newspaper columns chronicling his time in various parts of the world:.