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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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  • Wednesday, 6 November, 2024
    News in-depthUS foreign policy
    Asia braces for steep China tariffs in second Trump term

    Former president has outlined plans to revive trade war with Beijing and questioned backing for Taiwan

    People look at the preliminary results from the US election on a TV screen at a restaurant in Hong Kong
  • Thursday, 31 October, 2024
    Bank of Japan
    Bank of Japan holds rates but signals normalisation still on track

    Political uncertainty following election upset raises risks of abrupt policy shifts, warn analysts

    Kazuo Ueda speaks at a press conference in June
  • Wednesday, 30 October, 2024
    Fujitec Company Limited
    Japanese lift maker Fujitec explores sale to private equity

    Talks with multiple groups including Sweden’s EQT have taken place in recent months

    A worker tests the lift inside the Vessel in New York on October 21 2024
  • Monday, 28 October, 2024
    Japanese politics & policy
    Japan’s PM vows to stay on after election debacle

    Shigeru Ishiba has presided over a result that threatens to plunge country’s politics into paralysis

    Japan’s Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba
  • Monday, 28 October, 2024
    Olympus Corp
    Olympus chief executive forced to quit over alleged illegal drug purchase

    Medical equipment maker says Stefan Kaufmann, one of Japan’s few foreign CEOs, likely to have breached code of conduct

    Stefan Kaufmann gestures while speaking during an interview at the company's headquarters in Tokyo in November 2022
  • Monday, 28 October, 2024
    Japanese politics & policy
    Japan plunged into political turmoil after voters punish ruling LDP

    Coalition led by Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba’s Liberal Democratic party loses parliamentary majority

    Yoshihiko Noda walks past a screen displaying a live news broadcast of Shigeru Ishiba speaking during a lower house election night event on Sunday
  • Friday, 25 October, 2024
    News in-depthJapanese politics & policy
    Japan’s elder election: senior voters set to dominate snap poll

    Demographics, surging prices and youth apathy in world’s oldest nation could weaken new PM Shigeru Ishiba

    two ladies of a certain age in front of election posters
  • Wednesday, 23 October, 2024
    Japanese business & finance
    Japan’s stock market is producing too many ‘punycorns’

    The country urgently needs a vibrant business pipeline to replace the unicorn’s unambitious cousin

    María Hergueta's illustration of a hand in a business suit holding a miniature red unicorn
  • Wednesday, 23 October, 2024
    Japanese business & finance
    Tokyo Metro rises 45% on debut in Japan’s biggest IPO since 2018

    Underground railway network has raised $2.3bn in heavily oversubscribed listing

    Commuters walk past signs for the Tokyo Metro at Shimbashi station in central Tokyo
  • Tuesday, 22 October, 2024
    Japanese business & finance
    Japanese property group Tokyo Tatemono targeted by UK activist fund

    Stakebuilding by Palliser Capital follows Elliott Management's move on sector peer Mitsui Fudosan

    A pedestrian walks through the Otemachi business district in Tokyo, with tall skyscrapers and the sun reflecting off the glass buildings
  • Saturday, 19 October, 2024
    Private equity
    KKR and Bain in all-out $4bn fight for Japan’s Fuji Soft

    Private equity titans cause a stir in the country, with a rare battle over Japanese software company

    Fuji Soft, KKR, chart
  • Tuesday, 15 October, 2024
    Japanese politics & policy
    Ishiba’s election gamble: Japan’s PM fights to keep LDP on track

    Reduced majority could impair the prime minister’s ability to tackle economic and demographic challenges

    Shigeru Ishiba and Yoshihiko Noda
  • Friday, 11 October, 2024
    Japanese society
    Tokyo looks to protect service staff from customers who are not so cool

    Ban on ‘kasu-hara’ abuse prompted by alarm at rising harassment of city’s workers by angry clientele

    A worker and shoppers at a fruit shop in Tokyo
  • Friday, 11 October, 2024
    Nobel prizes
    Nobel Peace Prize awarded to Japan atomic bomb survivors’ group

    Nihon Hidankyo movement recognised for decades of campaigning against nuclear weapons

    Masako Kudo reacts emotionally while speaking to members of the media at Nihon Hidankyo’s Tokyo office.
  • Friday, 11 October, 2024
    FT News Briefing podcast12 min listen
    Japanese PM’s uphill battle to win back voters

    Shigeru Ishiba faces a long list of challenges ahead of a snap election

  • Thursday, 10 October, 2024
    Seven & i Holdings Co Ltd
    7-Eleven owner plans split as it resists record $47bn buyout proposal

    Japanese retail conglomerate seeks to streamline its operations as it fends off bid from Alimentation Couche-Tard

    A pedestrian walks past the entrance of a 7-Eleven convenience store in Tokyo
  • Thursday, 10 October, 2024
    Japanese business & finance
    How anime took over the world

    The global footprint of the animated sub-genre is growing inexorably

    María Hergueta illustration of a Japanese anime character standing on top of the world
  • Wednesday, 9 October, 2024
    Seven & i Holdings Co Ltd
    Seven & i shares jump after Couche-Tard says it is ready to pay $47bn

    Canadian company’s non-binding offer to owner of 7-Eleven chain is 20% higher than initial rejected approach

    A sign for a 7-Eleven convenience store against a blue sky in Tokyo
  • Monday, 7 October, 2024
    Seven & i Holdings Co Ltd
    Seven & i looks to bolster takeover defences with non-core asset sales

    Owner of 7-Eleven brand considers disposing of supermarket chain and selling stake in Seven Bank

    Customers leave a 7-Eleven store in Tokyo, Japan
  • Saturday, 5 October, 2024
    The Weekend Essay
    The search for Japan’s ‘lost’ art

    A museum closure has shone a light on the vast collections acquired during the bubble years — and warned companies that change is coming

    A female tourist wearing a wide-brimmed hat and a backpack takes a photo on her smartphone of an abstract sculpture outside the wall of a museum
  • Friday, 4 October, 2024
    Japanese politics & policy
    Japan’s new PM pledges to tackle deflation in first policy speech

    Shigeru Ishiba faces divided ruling party, low approval ratings and volatile financial markets ahead of snap election

    Japan’s Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba speaks in parliament
  • Friday, 4 October, 2024
    Gaming
    The Nintendo Museum should be a gamer’s paradise. But there’s a bug in the system

    Kyoto’s temple to Mario and Co is stingy where it matters

    A boy aims a toy bazooka at a giant screen filled with cartoon characters
  • Thursday, 3 October, 2024
    Yen
    New Japanese prime minister’s dovish comments rekindle yen carry trade

    Currency falls after Ishiba says Japan’s economy is ‘not in an environment’ for further interest rate rises

    Shigeru Ishiba speaking to reporters at the entrance to the prime minister's office in Tokyo
  • Monday, 30 September, 2024
    Japanese politics & policy
    Japan’s incoming PM calls snap October election as shares sink

    Nikkei 225 drops almost 5% as markets assess new leader who is expected to back BoJ’s rate rises

    Shigeru Ishiba speaks at a press conference at the Liberal Democratic party's headquarters in Tokyo
  • Sunday, 29 September, 2024
    News in-depthJapanese politics & policy
    Ishiba’s election as Japan’s next leader expected to rattle stock market

    Former defence minister’s selection as president of ruling party sent Nikkei 225 futures tumbling

    A picture of Ishiba at a press conference with his hand in the air
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