Sakai Katsuhiko

President and CEO, Jiji Press. Born in 1959 in Ōita Prefecture. Joined Jiji after graduating from Waseda University in 1985; covered the government’s fiscal and financial policymaking in Tokyo and trade issues from the Washington DC bureau. Became economic news editor in 2011, general manager of the Fukuoka Branch in 2015, managing editor of the News Division in 2017, and executive director of the company in 2018; took his present position in June 2020.