Akiko Fujita is a Japanese-American journalist based in Hong Kong. She is an anchor and correspondent at CNBC International. ^[1]

Akiko Fujita graduated from the University of Southern California with a degree in broadcast journalism and International relations. ^[1]

Prior to joining CNBC, Fujita was a Tokyo-based correspondent for ABC News, where she led network coverage of the 2011 tsunami and nuclear disaster in Japan. She also traveled across East Asia, reporting on everything from the conflict on the Korean Peninsula to Edward Snowden. ^[1]

Prior to her stint in Asia, she spent nearly five years in the Pacific Northwest as a general assignment reporter for KOMO-TV and Northwest Cable News. She began her career in the small town of Pocatello, Idaho. ^[1]