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.
