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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.
Email Leo Lewis @urbandirt  on Twitter (link opens in a new browser window)
  • 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 delivers his inaugural policy address to the lower house of parliament in Tokyo on Friday
  • 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
  • Sunday, 29 September, 2024
    EU economy
    Will the US jobs report show signs of economic recovery?

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

    A Now Hiring sign on a FedEx Office in New York,
  • Saturday, 28 September, 2024
    Travel
    Many happy returns: 60 years of the shinkansen

    Six decades after the first bullet train left Tokyo Station, Leo Lewis celebrates an icon of speed, style and national identity

    Hundreds of people standing on a rail platform raise the arms and cheer as a sleek white train pulls into the station
  • Friday, 27 September, 2024
    Japanese politics & policy
    Ishiba to be next Japanese premier after winning LDP leadership

    Former defence and agriculture minister’s victory prompts rise in yen but Nikkei 225 futures fall

    Shigeru Ishiba and Fumio Kishida hold up their hands in a gesture of victory after Ishiba is elected as the new head of Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic party
  • Thursday, 26 September, 2024
    Japanese politics & policy
    Japan’s prime minister race goes down to wire

    Three frontrunners end campaign neck-and-neck in Liberal Democratic party battle to succeed Fumio Kishida

    Candidates for the leadership race for the ruling Liberal Democratic party join hands after giving speeches for the LDP presidential election
  • Thursday, 26 September, 2024
    Japanese society
    Why eight Tokyo minutes from office to metro is too long

    The city is seeing a boom in commercial construction but labour scarcity has made location a critical concern for companies

    Commuters stand on the platform and look at their phones as a train pulls into the metro station
  • Friday, 20 September, 2024
    Bank of Japan
    BoJ holds interest rates and upgrades consumption outlook

    Central bank forecasts Japanese economy will keep growing at a pace above its potential growth rate

    A shopper, reflected on a mirror glass, checks food items at a supermarket in Tokyo, Japan
  • Friday, 20 September, 2024
    News in-depthChinese society
    Fatal stabbing of 10-year-old rattles Japanese community in China

    Spate of attacks reignites concern among expatriates and companies about anti-Japanese sentiment

    A woman places a bouquet of flowers on the ground outside the Shenzhen Japanese School. Several people, including photographers, stand nearby. The school gate and part of a playground are visible in the background.
  • Thursday, 19 September, 2024
    #techAsia
    Tech’s climate cost and TikTok’s day in court Premium content

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

    A wind turbine operates near a coal-fired power plant and a highway in New Taipei City, Taiwan
  • Wednesday, 18 September, 2024
    Behind the Money podcast19 min listen
    How a 7-Eleven takeover could reshape corporate Japan

    Companies in Japan have long avoided foreign acquisitions, but that could be changing

  • Tuesday, 17 September, 2024
    US-China trade dispute
    US and Japan near deal to curb chip technology exports to China

    Potential agreement comes despite fears Beijing will choke critical minerals supplies in response

    A close-up of a hand with blue gloves holding a chip fabricated in China by Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corp.
  • Sunday, 15 September, 2024
    Global Economy
    Is the Bank of England ready to cut interest rates?

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

    The Bank of England
  • Thursday, 12 September, 2024
    Japanese business & finance
    Japan has learnt a hard lesson about US friendship

    The Nippon Steel experience has broader ramifications for dealmaking

    María Hergueta illustration of a large blue chain being sawn by a contractor wearing a protective mask
  • Thursday, 12 September, 2024
    News in-depthJapanese politics & policy
    Japan gears up for ‘wild west’ leadership race

    Crowded field to succeed Prime Minister Fumio Kishida as ruling party chief could crown first female or youngest-ever leader

    Montage of Liberal Democratic party leadership candidates. Clockwise from bottom left, Taro Kono, Shinjiro Koizumi, Toshimitsu Motegi, Shigeru Ishiba and Sanae Takaichi
  • Thursday, 12 September, 2024
    Seven & i Holdings Co Ltd
    7-Eleven owner taps Nomura to advise on takeover battle after rejecting $39bn offer

    Circle K parent Alimentation Couche-Tard says it is focused on securing deal with Seven & i

    A Circle K store next to a 7-Eleven in Hong Kong
  • Tuesday, 10 September, 2024
    Seven & i Holdings Co Ltd
    US regulator signals doubts about proposed Circle K and 7-Eleven deal

    Merger of convenience store and petrol station chains would create one of the largest retail groups in America

    Circle K petrol station in Toronto
  • Tuesday, 10 September, 2024
    Nippon Steel
    Nippon Steel flies to Washington for last-gasp push to save US Steel deal

    Biden administration opposes Japanese company’s proposed $15bn takeover, which has become an election issue

    US Steel plant in Clairton, Pennsylvania
  • Monday, 9 September, 2024
    Seven & i Holdings Co Ltd
    Circle K owner still wants ‘friendly’ 7-Eleven deal after $39bn offer rejected

    Shares in Seven & i rise on hopes of improved offer from Canada’s Alimentation Couche-Tard

    People walk past a 7-Eleven convenience store in New York
  • Monday, 9 September, 2024
    Fortress Investment Group LLC
    Fortress to buy Japan’s eccentric Hawaii-themed hot springs resort for $100mn

    Tourist attraction 50km from site of Fukushima nuclear plant includes world’s largest onsen and hula-dancing troupes

    A screenshot from a Spa Resort Hawaiians advertisement video showing three women wearing leis and orange and green dresses, with a water park in the background
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