senior author
Kenji Watanabe
East Asia Diplomatic Correspondent
📍 Tokyo, Japan
Japan Trade PolicyJapan-Korea RelationsRCEPNortheast Asian Geopolitics
Kenji Watanabe has spent two decades at the crossroads of Japanese diplomacy and trade. A Tokyo University graduate with a master's from Harvard Kennedy School, Kenji spent seven years as an economic attaché at Japan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs before pivoting to journalism. He is one of the few English-language journalists with fluency in Japanese, Korean, and Mandarin, giving him unparalleled access across Northeast Asia.
