Anna Fifield
Asia correspondent Anna Fifield
North Korea says its missile launch over Japan was a prelude to more military operations directed at the American territory of Guam, what happens next? And the latest from the flooding across South… Audio
Asia correspondent Anna Fifield
Anna Fifield tries to make sense of the recent tensions between North Korea and the United States. Audio
Asia correspondent Anna Fifield
Anna Fifield reports from Bangkok where there's high political drama this week as Yingluck Shinawatra, Thailand's prime minister who was ousted in a May 2014 coup and banned from politics for five… Audio
Asia correspondent Anna Fifield
The mother and brother of the New Zealander who died in Japan after being restrained in hospital for some 10 days after suffering a mental episode have been in Tokyo this week speaking out against the… Audio
Asia correspondent Anna Fifield
Anna reports on the rising tensions over North Korea, and why very little is likely to actually after the latest missile test. Audio
Asia correspondent Anna Fifield
New Zealander Anna Fifield is The Washington Post's bureau chief in Tokyo. What happened to Otto Warmbier in North Korea? The US Hosts Chinese representatives this week for talks; and the increasingly… Audio
Asia correspondent Anna Fifield
North Korea's response to the United States withdrawal from the Paris Climate accord; the fate of activists in China investigating working conditions in factories making shoes for Ivanka Trump's… Audio
Asia correspondent Anna Fifield
New Zealander Anna Fifield is The Washington Post's bureau chief in Tokyo. Today she talks to Kathryn about continuing tensions in the South China Sea, martial law imposed in part of the Philippines… Audio
Asia correspondent Anna Fifield
South Korea's new president, is China's "Belt and Road" initiative and Facebook's geo-blocking of a video of Thailand's new king. Audio
Asia correspondent Anna Fifield
The latest developments in the war of words between North Korea, the US and Japan, what is the significance of China's roll in all of this? Audio
Tensions mount over North Korea
A senior member of North Korea's government has warned that his country would react with a pre-emptive nuclear strike if it saw signs that the United States was preparing to launch an attack. Earlier… Audio
Asia correspondent Anna Fifield
New Zealander Anna Fifield is The Washington Post's bureau chief in Tokyo. This week, growing concerns among Hong Kong democracy campaigners about Beijing's influence, rare tigers discovered in… Audio
Asia correspondent Anna Fifield
US secretary of State Rex Tillerson takes his first trip to Asia, concern over radioactive wild boars in Japan, and a showdown between Disney and the Malaysian censors office over Beauty and the… Audio
Asia correspondent Anna Fifield
The latest on the scandal that triggered the impeachment of South Korea's president Park Geun-hye. While in North Korea, and after Malaysia's revelation that Kim Jong Nam was killed by a WMD chemical… Audio
Asia correspondent Anna Fifield
New Zealander Anna Fifield is The Washington Post's bureau chief in Tokyo. She talks to Kathryn about the death of the estranged half-brother of North Korea's leader, Kim Jong-un, the disappearance of… Audio
Kim Jong Un's brother assassinated at Kuala Lumpur airport
The half-brother of North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un has been killed at Kuala Lumpur Airport with police searching for two women assailants. Due to Kim Jong Nam's criticism of the regime, there's… Audio
Asia correspondent Anna Fifield
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has been bending over backwards to get into Donald Trumps good books, and the USA steps up the rhetoric over the South China Sea. Audio
7.4 quake triggers tsunami warning in Japan
A powerful 7.4 magnitude earthquake rocked Northern Japan this morning generating a tsunami advisory in the same region devastated by a tsunami in 2011. Anna Fifield joins Checkpoint. Video, Audio
The future of Japan's Chrysanthemum Throne
Anna Fifield is The Washington Post's bureau chief in Tokyo, focusing on the Koreas and Japan - where the Emperor has all but confirmed he is abdicating. Audio
Asia Corresondent Anna Fifield
Washington Post Tokyo Bureau Chief Anna Fifield discusses an escalation in tensions between North and South Korea. Audio