Walter Sim
Walter is Japan Correspondent at Singapore-based newspaper The Straits Times, a role he has held since June 2016. He reports on myriad issues from hard geopolitics to soft cultural issues, spanning across the length of the Japanese archipelago.
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 sociocultural trends, with datelines spanning the Japanese archipelago from Hokkaido to Okinawa.
He is fluent in English, Mandarin and Japanese, having acquired the highest N1 certification in the Japanese Language Proficiency Test. He also chairs the Foreign Press in Japan. In his spare time, he enjoys yoga, hiking and travel.
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