Hiroyuki Akita

Commentator
Nikkei Inc.

Hiroyuki Akita is a Commentator of Nikkei. He regularly writes commentaries and columns, analysis mainly on foreign & international security affairs. He joined Nikkei in 1987 and worked at Political News Dept. where he covered Japanese foreign & security policies, and domestic politics. He was Senior & Editorial Staff Writer (2009-17), and he also worked at "Leader Writing Team" of the Financial Times in London (Oct-Dec, 16).

He was Beijing Correspondent (94-98) and Washington Chief Correspondent (2002-06). In Beijing, he reported major news events such as the death of Deng Xiaoping, Hong Kong handover to China. In Washington DC, he covered White House & Pentagon, State Department during the George W. Bush administration.

He graduated from Jiyu Gakuen College in 1987 and Boston University (M.A.). From 2006 to 07, he was an associate of US-Japan Program at Harvard University. In March 2019, he won the Vaughn-Ueda International Journalist Award, a prize for outstanding reporting of international affairs. He is an author of two books in Japanese: "Anryu (Power Game of US-China-Japan)" (2008), "Ranryu (Strategic Competition of US-Japan and China)" (2016).

Check out Hiroyuki Akita's latest commentary piece "Singapore summit highlights quasi-war atmosphere looming over Asia".