Martin Fackler

Martin Fackler is an American journalist and author who serves as Tokyo bureau chief for The New York Times, a role he returned to in 2024 after previously holding the position from 2009 to 2015. He has worked as a foreign correspondent in Japan and China for over two decades, including for The Wall Street Journal, Bloomberg News, and The Associated Press. He is best known for leading a team named as finalist for the 2012 Pulitzer Prize in International Reporting for investigative coverage of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster, and has written or co-written eleven books in Japanese on Japanese media and politics.