Mariko Oi
大井真理子
Born (1981-12-14) December 14, 1981
Setagaya, Tokyo, Japan
Alma materRMIT University
Years active2005–present
EmployerBBC World News
SpouseSkye Neal
Children3

Mariko Oi (大井 真理子, Ōi Mariko, born 1981) is a Japanese bilingual journalist based in Singapore who has worked for the BBC since 2006, when she became the network's first Japanese reporter.[1][2] She regularly presents Newsday and Asia Business Report on BBC News Channel which is broadcast to more than 400 million households worldwide, business segments on BBC Radio 4 and BBC World Service, and, as of 2021, is the Asia Business correspondent.[3]

Early life and education

Oi is from the Setagaya ward of Tokyo. Her father works in transport.[4]

She attended the Sacred Heart School in Tokyo and then studied abroad at Presbyterian Ladies' College, Melbourne where she lived with a host family and learned English.[5] Interested in history, she wrote an article in 2013 criticising the Japanese education system for sanitising its imperial history.[6] She began her studies at Keio University before transferring to RMIT University in Australia, graduating with a Bachelor of Communications in Journalism in 2004.[4] She participated in RMITV and interned with the ABC during university.[7]

Career

Oi began her career with brief stints as an intern at Reuters in New York and an Asia Pacific producer for Bloomberg Television stationed from Tokyo. She moved to Singapore in 2006 when she joined the BBC.[8]

Oi has covered major breaking news in Asia such as 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami, Barack Obama's visit to Hiroshima in 2016, 2018 North Korea–United States Singapore Summit, 2019 Japanese imperial transition, 2019–2020 Hong Kong protests, 2019 Rugby World Cup in Japan, COVID-19 pandemic, 2020 Summer Olympics, assassination of Shinzo Abe in 2022 and British Post Office scandal.

In 2013 and 2016, Oi spent 6 months in New York as a business correspondent where she reported from New York Stock Exchange. She also spent 6 months in London in 2014, presenting news bulletins and reporting on major stories for BBC News Channel and BBC World News. Oi has hosted the documentary Missing Histories: China and Japan for the BBC's Freedom Season. While in Japan in 2015, she appeared on Working Lives to discuss Shinzo Abe's policies, the debate programme Talking Business, and the economics series Jump Starting Japan.[9]

Accolades

Oi was nominated for the Nikkei Woman of the Year award in 2009. She was recognised by Newsweek Japan as one of the most respected Japanese nationals in 2023.[10]

References

  1. ↑ Oi, Mariko (5 August 2019). "BBC Mariko Oi Reasons for choosing "Warm Mama Caster". Nikkei (in Japanese). Retrieved 11 October 2021.
  2. ↑ Ragavan, Surekha (4 August 2021). "Tokyo Olympics coverages shines a light on politics, mental health". PR Week. Retrieved 11 October 2021.
  3. ↑ "Mariko Oi". MuckRack. Retrieved 11 October 2021.
  4. 1 2 Sasaki, Toshinao (16 October 2013). "BBCの記者・大井真理子さんは、なぜ南京大虐殺や従軍慰安婦の問題に立ち向かうのか". HuffPost Japan (in Japanese). Retrieved 11 October 2021.
  5. ↑ Ryall, Julian (October 2015). "Deep-set attitude hampers Womenomics". BBCJ. Retrieved 11 October 2021.
  6. ↑ Oi, Mariko (14 March 2013). "What History Textbooks Leave Out". BBC News. Retrieved 10 October 2021.
  7. ↑ "インタビュー：大井真理子さん「経済がわかると絶対に強い」". Livedoor News (in Japanese). 17 February 2011. Retrieved 11 October 2021.
  8. ↑ Nishikawa, Ayana (18 January 2017). "世界で輝く女性が指南！30代でしておいてよかったこと". Cosmopolitan Japan (in Japanese). Retrieved 11 October 2021.
  9. ↑ "Mariko Oi". Pacific Asia Travel Association. Retrieved 9 January 2024.
  10. ↑ "特集：世界が尊敬する日本人100". Newsweek日本版 (in Japanese). 8 August 2023. Retrieved 19 August 2023.


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