Toyoaki Fujiwara is the editor-in-chief of the Editorial Headquarters for Asia, based in Bangkok. He previously earned an undergraduate degree in nuclear engineering from Kyushu University and joined Nikkei as a staff writer in Tokyo, where he covered a range of topics including technology companies, monetary policy, fiscal policy, and politics. In 2014, he was transferred to Bangkok to serve as Deputy Editor at the editorial headquarters for Asia, which was established in response to the launch of Nikkei Asia, Nikkei's new English publication. In 2017, he relocated to Tokyo to join the main newsroom as the Business News Editor and the Politics and Economy News Editor at Nikkei Asia.