Walter Sim
Japan Correspondent
Walter is Japan correspondent at The Straits Times. He joined The Straits Times in 2012, covering crime and politics in Singapore, and relocated to Tokyo as Japan correspondent in June 2016. He now reports on myriad issues from politics and the economy to socio-cultural trends, with datelines spanning the Japanese archipelago from Hokkaido to Okinawa. He has the highest N1 certification in the Japanese Language Proficiency Test, and now chairs the Foreign Press In Japan.
Latest articles
Fewer Chinese tourists might be the overtourism break Japan needs
Japan stiffens defence resolve to protect long-term interests amid row with China
Is Japan abandoning pacifism? Spat with China spotlights clash in regional security perspectives
Why Japan will not yield, even as dispute with China escalates over PM Takaichi’s Taiwan remarks
As US allows South Korea to join nuclear sub club, how will this impact Japan and the region?
Japan PM Takaichi’s debut summits with China, South Korea reflect pragmatic foreign policy
‘Very close friends’: Japan PM Takaichi and US President Trump bond over Abe legacy
Exit stage left: Is Japan losing its cultural soul?
Make Japan Great Again: PM Takaichi lays out national vision to return to ‘top of global stage’
Sanae Takaichi makes history as Japan’s first woman prime minister
