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Leo Lewis

Tokyo Bureau Chief

Leo Lewis is the Financial Times’ Tokyo bureau chief. Until the August 2024 market turmoil, he wrote award-winning columns and features as Asia Business Editor; and was previously the FT’s Tokyo correspondent, covering financial markets, investment, banking, and a broad sweep of Japanese industry. His experience of Japan and Asia is extensive – before becoming a journalist and working in London for the Independent on Sunday newspaper, he graduated in Oriental Studies. Roles at The Times (of London) included five years as Beijing bureau chief during a period that covered the rise of Xi Jinping.
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  • Friday, 18 April, 2025
    FT News Briefing podcast11 min listen
    Japan and the US talk tariffs

    No deal was forthcoming between Washington and Tokyo but the talks may give clues for other countries

  • Thursday, 17 April, 2025
    Japanese economy
    Trump weighs in on Japan trade talks but Tokyo team leaves without deal

    First-in-queue negotiations closely watched for signs of US strategy

    Ryosei Akazawa speaks to reporters in Washington with the Japanese flag partially visible in the background
  • Wednesday, 16 April, 2025
    News in-depthTrump tariffs
    Japan set for ‘guinea pig’ trade talks with US after Trump’s tariffs

    Tokyo first in line for negotiations that will be closely watched as test case of Washington’s trade war strategy

    Ryosei Akazawa arrives at the prime minister's office in Tokyo accompanied by several men in suits
  • Monday, 14 April, 2025
    Sony Corp
    Sony makes ‘tough decision’ to raise PS5 prices in Europe and UK

    Japanese group cites ‘challenging economic environment’ as Trump’s tariffs throw supply chains into uncertainty

    Two gamers are playing ‘Tekken 8’ on a PlayStation 5
  • Monday, 14 April, 2025
    Special ReportModern Workplace: Disability
    Japanese companies struggle to meet quotas for disabled workers

    Employment records are broken every year but the country has a shrinking workforce, putting pressure on staffing policies

    A Japanese woman walking across a pedestrian crossing while a Japanese man in a wheelchair goes in the other direction
  • Thursday, 10 April, 2025
    #techAsia
    Tech suppliers in turmoil and Foxconn brings EV ambitions to Japan Premium content

    The inside story on the Asia tech trends that matter, from Nikkei Asia and the Financial Times

    A Nintendo Switch 2 console with the game Mario Kart World on the display
  • Thursday, 10 April, 2025
    Japan
    How to celebrate the world as it falls apart

    The Osaka Expo 2025 is a masterclass in smiling through tariff calamity

    María Hergueta illustration of a torn rope made from various flags, reviling the Japanese flag as the last thread holding it together.
  • Wednesday, 9 April, 2025
    FT SeriesHTSI’s design special looks to east Asia
    ‘A maniac for beauty’ – the architectural vision of Toru Shimokawa

    The self-taught Kyushu creative is playing with past and present to create a new design language in Japan

    Toru Shimokawa at home in Kurume, Japan
  • Wednesday, 9 April, 2025
    News in-depthUS trade
    US issues trade demands that go far beyond tariffs

    Countries grapple with Washington’s attempt to change ‘non-tariff barriers’ from VAT to food rules and even currency valuations

    Peter Navarro, Australian cow, Japanese milk, Netflix and dollar
  • Tuesday, 8 April, 2025
    Japanese politics & policy
    Japan secures priority tariff negotiations with Trump

    US ally and biggest foreign investor stunned by sweeping levies including on crucial automotive sector

    Japan’s Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba raises his hand during a parliamentary committee session in Tokyo, Japan
  • Tuesday, 8 April, 2025
    The Big Read
    Can Nintendo’s Switch 2 revive a stagnant gaming industry?

    The new console carries the hopes of a company and a sector, but has already been thrust into a gathering trade war

    Montage image of someone playing on a Nintendo Switch with icons from its games in the background
  • Monday, 7 April, 2025
    Equities
    Global stocks plummet as Trump offers no respite from tariffs

    Asian and European indices and US futures fall in wake of worst week for Wall Street equities since pandemic

    A currency trader reacts near a screen showing the Korea Composite Stock Price Index
  • Monday, 7 April, 2025
    Trump tariffs
    The weekend Trump’s tariff threats became real for global investors

    If global long-only funds start to rotate out of risk the market, turmoil could get worse

    A woman walks past a stock quotation board at a brokerage in Tokyo, Japan
  • Thursday, 3 April, 2025
    Global Economy
    Trump triggers race to offer US concessions before tariffs hit

    Nations prepare offers to Washington including weapons deals, dropping their own tariffs and moves against China

    Montage of a car, chicken, LNG ship, and a plane over a topographical background
  • Monday, 31 March, 2025
    Japanese politics & policy
    Japan warns ‘big one’ earthquake could kill 300,000 people

    New report says a magnitude 9 tremor in the Nankai Trough has potential for damage equivalent to half of annual GDP

    The prow of a ship lies on top of a destroyed house in Higashimatsushima, Miyagi prefecture, north-eastern Japan in March 2011
  • Monday, 31 March, 2025
    Nippon Steel
    Nippon Steel accused by activist of harming minority investors in subsidiary

    3D Investment Partners’ claim comes as steelmaker tries to push ahead with $15bn takeover of US Steel

    The image shows the Nippon Steel plant located in Kashima, Japan. The scene captures several tall chimneys emitting smoke
  • Sunday, 30 March, 2025
    US foreign policy
    Hegseth says US is setting up a ‘war-fighting’ base in Japan

    Donald Trump’s defence secretary uses Tokyo trip to call for strengthening of deterrence against China

    Gen Nakatani and Pete Hegseth take part in an participate in an Honor Guard ceremony in Tokyo
  • Friday, 28 March, 2025
    Nintendo Co Ltd
    Mario enters trade wars as Nintendo readies Switch 2 launch

    Japanese group places big bet on shifting console production from China to Vietnam as US tariffs rise

    People visit a store of game giant Nintendo in Tokyo
  • Thursday, 27 March, 2025
    Trump tariffs
    US trading partners warn of retaliation against Trump’s 25% car tariffs

    Carmakers’ shares drop as Asian, European and North American countries respond to US president’s latest measures

    An aerial view shows rows of brand new Subaru cars parked in a storage lot at Auto Warehouse Co. in Richmond, California
  • Thursday, 27 March, 2025
    Japanese economy
    Japan’s apex survival instinct is put to the test

    The erosion of the post-1945 world order has rattled the country

    Illustration of a figure pushing a red moon up a snowy mountain
  • Wednesday, 26 March, 2025
    News in-depthJapanese politics & policy
    Tokyo frets about durability of US alliance ahead of Hegseth visit

    Donald Trump’s language about American allies has sparked anxiety among Japanese officials

    Donald Trump, left, and Pete Hegseth during an event in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington on March 21 2025
  • Monday, 24 March, 2025
    News in-depthNuclear proliferation
    From Berlin to Tokyo, the fears of a new nuclear arms race

    Washington extended an atomic umbrella over its allies. Now some feel it may be time to seek their own weapons

    Donald Trump and missiles
  • Monday, 24 March, 2025
    InterviewJapanese war on deflation
    Japan has not yet conquered deflation, finance minister warns

    Katsunobu Kato echoes concerns that rising prices are still being driven by a weak yen and high commodity costs

    Katsunobu Kato
  • Wednesday, 19 March, 2025
    Bank of Japan
    Trump tariff uncertainty pushes BoJ to hold rates

    Risk of potential US downturn weighs on Tokyo’s hope for economic revival

    The Japanese flag waves in the foreground, with the dome and facade of the Bank of Japan headquarters visible in central Tokyo
  • Sunday, 16 March, 2025
    US interest rates
    Will the Federal Reserve speed up US rate cuts this year?

    Market Questions is the FT’s guide to the week ahead

    Jay Powell
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