Martin Fackler

Author of upcoming history of Fukushima; NYT Editor; Scholars’ House; FCCJ

Greater Tokyo Area

About

Pulitzer-Prize finalist writing a history of the Fukushima nuclear disaster to be published by Knopf. Executive co-director of Scholars' House center for Chinese studies in Tokyo. Writer and editor at the New York Times. Board member FCCJ. Selection committee of Ishibashi Tanzan Prize in journalism (Waseda University). Author or co-author of eleven books in Japanese. Georgia boy who washed up in Japan.

Experience

  • The New York Times (1 yr 7 mos)
    • Part-time Editor
      Sep 2025 - Present · 10 mos

    • Tokyo Bureau Chief
      Dec 2024 - Sep 2025 · 10 mos

      Interim bureau chief.

  • Executive Co-Director at Scholars' House Center for Chinese Studies in Tokyo
    Feb 2026 - Present · 5 mos

  • Book Author at Alfred A. Knopf, publisher
    Nov 2024 - Present · 1 yr 8 mos

    Writing a history of the Fukushima nuclear disaster, based in part on my own experiences as a reporter who covered it.

  • Member Board of Directors at The Foreign Correspondents' Club of Japan
    Nov 2024 - Present · 1 yr 8 mos

    Statutory Auditor & Supervisory Board Member. Chairman of the Professional Activities Committee and Swadesh DeRoy Scholarship Committee.

  • Member of Prize Committee at Waseda University
    Dec 2025 - Present · 7 mos

    Member of the committee selecting winners of the annual Ishibashi Tanzan Prize, Japan's most prestigious journalism award.