CNBC hires Kim as a reporter in Singapore

CNBC has hired Lisa Kim as a reporter, primarily covering key business stories from Japan and South Korea. She is based in Singapore. “I am thrilled to have Lisa join us at CNBC International,” said Justin Solomon, head of TV News for Asia Pacific, in a statement. “Her deep knowledge of Japan and South Korea adds […]

Regalado departing Nikkei Asia for new opportunity

Nikkei Asia correspondent Francesca Regalado is leaving for a new opportunity. She has been its Bangkok correspondent. Previously, she served as Tokyo reporter covering the Tokyo Olympics, foreign affairs, the pandemic in Japan, cryptocurrencies, and climate change. She has also worked as an economics reporter, covering the U.S. Treasury Department, the Federal Reserve, and the International Monetary […]

Nikkei Asia’s Robinson dies at 65

Gwen Akiko Robinson, Nikkei Asia’s Bangkok-based editor-at-large, has died at the age of 65 after a battle with cancer. Ken Koyanagi of Nikkei Asia reports, “It seems that sense of lost opportunity back in the early 1990s led her to invest her time into Nikkei’s subsequent English media venture 20 years later. This time around, the […]

Nikkei Asia seeks a reporter in Hong Kong

Nikkei Asia, a fast-growing publication covering Asian business and politics for a global audience, is looking for a Staff Writer for our Hong Kong bureau. She / he would lead coverage of key business and political developments in the city. She / he would be expected to break news and come up with original angles […]

Nikkei Asia names Yiu its US news editor

Pak Yiu

Nikkei Asia has named Pak Yiu its U.S. news editor based in New York. He will be driving its U.S-Asia coverage from business, finance to politics, with some writing on the side. Yiu previously was a Hong Kong correspondent for the news service. He also worked at Reuters and at Agence France-Presse. He is a […]

Nikkei Asia seeks a Hong Kong-based business reporter

Nikkei Asia is recruiting a Hong Kong News Reporter. Nikkei Asia, a fast-growing publication covering Asian business and politics for a global audience, is looking for a new reporter for our Hong Kong bureau. S/he would lead coverage of key business and political developments in the city. S/he would be expected to break news and […]

Nikkei Asia wins National Press Foundation award for trade reporting

Nikkei Asia has won the Hinrich Foundation Award for Distinguished Reporting on Trade from the National Press Foundation for its “fascinating” coverage of how the pandemic, war and the escalating U.S.-China strife over semiconductors combined to upend global supply chains in 2022. The Guardian newspaper of Nigeria won honorable mention for a three-month-long investigation that exposed […]

Nikkei and S&P Global form partnership

Nikkei and S&P Global will collaborate to develop a new service that will use artificial intelligence to distribute news and market-related content about Asian companies. An excerpt from the announcement reads: “The partners will also explore developing a database centered on Asian companies and making Nikkei’s original content more broadly available. As part of the […]

Nikkei Asia promotes Sharp to politics and economics news editor

Nikkei Asia has tapped Andy Sharp as politics and economics news editor. Recently, Sharp served as deputy politics and economics editor. Before that, Sharp worked at Bloomberg News as an economy reporter and then a politics editor for Japan and the Koreas. He was copy editor at Nikkei and worked freelance. Sharp graduated from Sheffield […]

Nikkei Asia promotes Sharp to politics and economics news editor

Nikkei Asia has tapped Andy Sharp as politics and economics news editor. Recently, Sharp served as deputy politics and economics editor. Before that, Sharp worked at Bloomberg News as an economy reporter and then a politics editor for Japan and the Koreas. He was copy editor at Nikkei and worked freelance. Sharp graduated from Sheffield […]