Sayuri Daimon

After graduating from Sophia University, Sayuri Daimon joined The Japan Times as a reporter, covering a broad range of topics, including politics and the economy. In 2013, she became the first woman in the 117-year history of The Japan Times to head its Editorial and Digital departments, overseeing the newsroom while serving as an executive officer. After serving as an editorial writer, she left the company in September 2020 to pursue an independent career.

She is currently a freelance journalist and serves as a visiting professor at Showa Women's University and a lecturer at the University of Tokyo. She is also a regular commentator on Nippon Television's morning program DayDay, appearing on Mondays and Fridays, and serves as an editorial adviser to the news site JStories. She is also a member of the Board of Trustees of the Foreign Press Center Japan.

During her tenure at The Japan Times, Daimon studied journalism and American politics at Harvard University as a Nieman Fellow. While on childcare leave, she was invited to conduct research at the King Faisal Center for Research and Islamic Studies in Saudi Arabia. From 2014 to 2020, she participated in the World Economic Forum's Annual Meeting in Davos as a media leader. In 2016, she received the Forbes JAPAN Japan Women Award for Leader of Innovation.

She is the author of The Japan Times News Desk: Information Power for Women Living in a Global Society (The Japan Times) and Global Strategy Discussed at Harvard University (Kobunsha), and has co-authored several other books on journalism and international affairs.