Asia Editor for the Financial Times. Former Tokyo bureau chief, Fed correspondent and leader writer. I don't tweet much these days.

Hong Kong
Joined June 2009
I always wonder what the babies do if you don’t cuddle them
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Early prediction for star of the Tokyo Olympics - this javelin-collecting robot
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Magnificent Olympic stadium ready for Tokyo 2020. But will there an Olympics?
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On climate change, the communique has one paragraph for everyone who's signed up to the Paris Agreement, and one for the US. The G20 lauds the US as a "world leader in reducing emissions", which is a remarkable thing for Macron, Trudeau et al to say.
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G20 communique. They tackled trade by adopting a bland set of positive principles that are hard for anyone to disagree with.
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Hacks on the move. Imperial abdication coming up.
Kunaicho press club have a board so they know which hacks are where
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Probably the most nervous man in Japan right now
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Inside the fabled halls of Kunaicho. Air of a boarding school that has known better days.
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Heading into a misty palace for the abdication of Emperor Akihito
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UK makes the splash in evening editions of Yomiuri and Asahi. Undertone of polite bewilderment.
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Replying to @rbrharrison
Tokyo's population is still growing and has done throughout the last twenty years of zero rates. But I agree the likely weakness of future demand is relevant. ft.com/content/023562e2-54a6…
Replying to @DERCONOMY
Pretty much. The ladder on the roof is an excellent touch.
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Ghosn’s plan to evade the media not a massive success
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