Kaori Takahashi

Chief Producer, Nikkei Inc.
Former Sydney Bureau Chief

Kaori Takahashi is a Senior Producer at Nikkei Inc., a position she assumed in 2023 after serving as the Head of Newsroom at Nikkei CNBC. She has also worked as a Senior Staff Writer at Nikkei. With expertise in international and market news, Kaori launched and produced weekly video commentaries on international news for Nikkei’s digital edition.

From 2013 to 2018, Takahashi was Nikkei's first female Sydney Bureau Chief, where she covered politics, global resources, and international trade issues across the Pacific and East Asia.

Kaori graduated from Tokyo University of Foreign Studies and studied at St. Anne’s College, Oxford University, from 1990 to 1991. She completed the Women's Leadership Development Program at Saïd Business School, University of Oxford, in May 2025.