I report on news and features on a wide range of topics in Japan, including politics, business, labor, gender and culture. I’ve also focused on how the society has changed and how it has responded to the declining birthrate and the change in its population, which is aging at the fastest pace in the world.
My Background
I started my journalism career as a researcher at the Tokyo bureau of The Los Angeles Times in 1999, when the Japanese started to suffer after the bubble economy’s collapse in the 1990s, and I reported on changes in people’s lifestyles, social systems and business practices. I joined The Times in 2012. I majored in English at Shikoku Gakuin University, and I was born and raised in Kurashiki, Okayama.
Journalistic Ethics
As a Times journalist, I share the values and adhere to the standards of integrity outlined in The Times’s Ethical Journalism Handbook. I’m committed to protecting my sources and writing fairly and accurately. I do not accept gifts from businesses or individuals who may appear in my articles. I do not pay for information or interviews. I do not belong to a political party. Nor do I make political contributions or participate in political or other causes.
Shohei Ohtani, the Dodgers’ superstar, drove massive interest for the World Series in Japan, where more than 15 million people watched each of the first two games.
The Japanese electorate appeared to punish the Liberal Democrats, leaving it unclear whether the party would be forced to expand its coalition to stay in power.
Toshiyuki Mimaki, the chairman of Nihon Hidankyo, which was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize, said his foremost wish was to “please abolish nuclear weapons while we are alive.”
Many survivors of the Hiroshima and Nagasaki attacks have dedicated their lives to campaigning for nuclear disarmament. Their mission has grown more urgent as the number of living witnesses to the bombings has dwindled.
Her alto timbre, for which she was teased as a child, and radiant laughter shaped how millions experienced the blue robot in the quintessential anime of the same name.