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Andrew Salmon

Andrew Salmon

asalmon@washingtontimes.com

Seoul, South Korea-based Andrew Salmon, Asia Editor at The Washington Times. brings two decades of journalistic experience to the position. Before joining The Washington Times, he was Northeast Asia Editor of Hong Kong-based Asia Times. Andrew’s reporting previously appeared in The Daily Telegraph, Forbes, The International Herald Tribune, The South China Morning Post, The Times and The Washington Times. He has made television appearances on Arirang TV, CNN and France24. He can be reached at asalmon@washingtontimes.com.

Articles by Andrew Salmon

Sanae Takaichi, center, Japan's prime minister and president of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), puts pins marking the names of candidates who won lower house elections, at the LDP headquarters on Feb. 8, 2026, in Tokyo. (Kim Kyung-Hoon/Pool Photo via AP, File)

Japan’s Takaichi sails toward Middle East

Perhaps no leader on the global stage is as chummy with President Trump as Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi, but their upcoming Thursday summit in Washington could prove tense.

March 17, 2026