Akito Tanaka serves as the Editor in Chief at Nikkei Asia, bringing over twenty-five years of reporting experience with the Nikkei, Asia's largest business daily. Throughout his career, he has been a lead reporter, responsible for breaking front-page news, writing feature stories, and editing copy under continual deadlines.

His reporting has focused on major global companies in Japan and the United States, spanning the technology, consumer electronics, and automobile industries.