Randy Muth (Ph.D.) is Associate Professor of Language and Culture at Kio University in Nara, Japan, where he has resided since 1994. His published works include numerous books and articles on José Watanabe. His research interests include Latin American and Japanese Literatures, literature and identity and Narrative Theory. He is author ofJosé Watanabe: el ojo que nos descubre(2009). 

Alfredo López-Pasarín Basabe  (Ph.D.) is Professor in the School of Politics and Economic Sciences at Waseda University in Tokyo, Japan, where he has resided since 1989. He is the author of numerous works on contemporary Spanish poetry, especially on the Generation of '50. His most important work isTheory and Practice of the Analysis of Poetic texts (2016).

Shigeko Mato  (Ph.D.)  is Professor of Spanish and Latin American Literature and Culture at the School of International Liberal Studies, Waseda University, Japan. She has published numerous articles and book chapters on contemporary Japanese Peruvian literature. She is the author of Las voces que entrecruzan el Perú y Japón (2021).