He initially became the BBC's Tokyo correspondent, and then the Los Angeles correspondent 1997-99.

In 1989 he was made Tokyo correspondent of the World News on Channel 4's first early morning service, Channel Four Daily.

In 1986, he took up his first overseas posting as the newspaper's Tokyo correspondent.

In 1995, he became Tokyo correspondent of the British newspaper The Independent and began reporting from other countries in Asia.

Rupert Anthony Wingfield-Hayes (born 1967, London) is the BBC's Tokyo correspondent.

On 10 October 2012 the BBC announced the appointment of Rupert Wingfield-Hayes as its Tokyo correspondent.

Justin McCurry is the Guardian's Tokyo correspondent.

He became the CBS News' Tokyo correspondent from 1989 to 1992.

I had not heard from Reiko-san since 2003, when I left my post as the Guardian's Tokyo correspondent.

One of his twin sons, Roland, is the BBC's Tokyo correspondent.