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Aiko Tanaka
Japan correspondent, robotics and automation — industrial robotics, motion control, precision components, factory automation
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East Asia Brief is written by a small newsroom covering Korean, Chinese and Japanese industry for readers outside the region. Every briefing carries a named byline and is reviewed before publication.
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Dae-hyun Kim
Korea correspondent, trade and policy — industrial policy, subsidies, tax credits, trade measures, regulation
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Editorial Desk
Managing editor — editing, source verification, newsroom standards
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Hao Feng
China correspondent, industrial policy — industrial policy, provincial subsidies, procurement rules, power tariffs
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Haruto Nakamura
Japan correspondent, autos and batteries — automotive, batteries, motors, supplier networks
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Hyun-jung Lee
Korea correspondent, shipbuilding and defense — shipbuilding, LNG carriers, naval programs, defense exports
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Ji-woo Han
Korea bureau chief — semiconductors, memory, HBM, advanced packaging, Korean industrial policy
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Kenji Sato
Japan bureau chief — semiconductor equipment, photoresist, materials, economic security
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Lian Chen
China bureau chief — electric vehicles, battery cells, solar, export controls
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Mei-lin Guo
China correspondent, critical minerals and energy — rare earths, lithium, refining capacity, export licensing
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Mina Okoro
Supply chain editor — supply chains, trade policy, procurement, industrial economics
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Ryo Matsuda
Japan correspondent, companies and markets — earnings, capital allocation, M&A, corporate governance
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Seung-min Park
Korea correspondent, batteries and EVs — battery cells, cathode materials, electric vehicles, plant investment
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So-yeon Jung
Korea correspondent, energy and grid — electricity, grid investment, LNG procurement, industrial power tariffs
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Wei Zhang
China correspondent, semiconductors — semiconductors, fabs, domestic substitution, packaging
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Xiuying Luo
China correspondent, robotics and manufacturing — robotics, machine tools, manufacturing automation, industrial output
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Yui Kobayashi
Japan correspondent, policy and economic security — export controls, economic security, subsidies, regulation