Jason Koutsoukis

Wearing world-first ⁦@NikkeiAsia⁩ hat after last karaoke with best ever editor-in-chief ⁦@ShigesaburoO⁩, our brilliant news editor Shin Nakayama and AE chief Makoto Takahashi, and incomparable opinion colleague DU.

Sayonara @NikkeiAsia and farewell Japan. Thank you for an absolutely wonderful three years. A better group of colleagues it would impossible to find. Extra special thanks @ShigesaburoO @Mikepeeljourno @sharp_writing @grimes_ce @RobinsonBKK and best of luck @ZColemanHK.

A wonderful piece from @lionelbarber on Boris Johnson's turbulent three years as PM @NikkeiAsia asia.nikkei.com/Opinion/Boris-…

See @NikkeiAsia 's new special report commissioned and edited by our special projects editor @JuiChakravorty, and is the first in a five-part series on Asia's food crisis. asia.nikkei.com/Spotlight/Feed…

@GregMedcraft do you have an email address I could contact you on?

@LodhiMaleeha would you have an email address I could contact you on?

@humayusuf do you have an email I could contact you on?

"If you have missed the story of the Turkish mafia boss turned YouTube whistleblower alleging that President Tayyip Recep Erdogan presides over a deep state of crime... " ...then read @NorthAndrew's latest column for @NikkeiAsia #SedatPeker asia.nikkei.com/Opinion/Mafia-…

#ICYMI @annabelcrabb this letter from the latest LRB. Wasn't that you on stage with @BorisJohnson in that clip?

"Kim's paranoia about cultural "invasion" makes Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev's worries about "Back in the USSR" seem quaint." --- @WilliamPesek's has some fun with Kim Jong Un's K-pop paranoia. @NikkeiAsia asia.nikkei.com/Opinion/K-pop-…

"Benjamin Netanyahu has been the subject of countless political obituaries, but Israel's longest-serving prime minister has always had the last word." -> @lionelbarber weighs in on Bibi Netanyahu leaving the Prime Minister's office. For now. @NikkeiAsia asia.nikkei.com/Opinion/Netany…

"The Olympics are a time for international athletic competition. They are also a time for sex and alcohol, wild merrymaking and breaking all the rules." Robert Whiting's piece on the Olympics today for @NikkeiAsia. Funny and wise. asia.nikkei.com/Opinion/Sex-bo…

Who watches the watchmen? At last, we have the answer. It's the receptionist. Lovely piece by @HK_NikkiSun asia.nikkei.com/Spotlight/The-…

This week, we look at the dark side of #Chinatech. The promise of tech is an easier, more carefree life. But the increasing efficiency is channelled not into saving workers time for leisure, but getting more out of them every second of the day @NikkeiAsia asia.nikkei.com/Spotlight/The-…

Are you in Japan? Do you have English editing experience? Want to work with a great team (me)? Great job opportunity here 👇 linkedin.com/jobs/view/2571…

Fitter, happier, more productive? Not exactly. From slavishly long hours to "smile recognition," @HK_NikkiSun explores life and death in China's tech sector. asia.nikkei.com/Spotlight/The-…

As always, kudos to indefatigable @Jkoutsoukis for overseeing this! ♥️

"How did Asia's oldest democracy, dating back more than a century, end up a bastion of authoritarian nostalgia?" @Richeydarian's latest piece for @NikkeiAsia. It's a great read !! asia.nikkei.com/Opinion/Palace…

Thailand's long descent into economic darkness asia.nikkei.com/Opinion/Thaila… #thailand #ASEAN #COVID19

@mllesookim Very good piece @mllesookim. Pleasure working with you, as always! thanks so much.