Debbie Yong is a Senior Strategist focusing on the Asia-Pacific region at WGSN, a consumer-trend forecasting company. She previously worked as the Editorial Director of the Michelin Guide in Asia and the Middle East, a China media analyst for BBC Monitoring, and a reporter for the Straits Times and the Business Times in Singapore. In 2019, Netflix featured her as a Singaporean food expert on “Street Food: Asia. She holds a dual master’s degree in global media and communications from the London School of Economics and Fudan University in China, as well as a bachelor’s degree in English Literature from the University of Pennsylvania.
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Recent Posts
Rintaro Nishimura in CNN on Japan’s snap election: ‘From their perspective, the LDP had become too moderate under the last two prime ministers’
February 6, 2026
Media Mentions
“From their perspective, the LDP had become too moderate under the last two prime ministers,” said Rintaro Nishimura, a Tokyo-based ...
David Boling and Akihiro Tsuchiya with 9fin’s Richard Macauley in webinar: What to expect from Japan’s snap election
February 5, 2026
Media Mentions
9fin’s Asia editor Richard Macauley was joined by Akihiro Tsuchiya, senior advisor at The Asia Group and former senior MOF official (Japan), ...
Can Washington and Delhi Reclaim Their Strategic Momentum?
February 5, 2026
Newsletter
As the next steps for U.S. foreign policy in the Indo-Pacific were debated at the outset of the Biden administration, ...
David Boling in Reuters on Takaichi’s track for big election win: ‘The power of her personality seems to be transcending politics’
February 4, 2026
Media Mentions
Younger people have historically been less likely to vote than older generations that have underpinned the LDP’s near unbroken post-war ...