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Zoe Frechin-Pollard

Editorial Researcher at Nikkei

Staff Writer at Nikkei Asia

U.K. reporter for Nikkei Asia

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  • How a Japanese cult novel became an international bestseller

    2 months ago | asia.nikkei.com | Zoe Frechin-Pollard

    There are many who dream of becoming an award-winning translator or acclaimed writer, but very few can claim to be both. Polly Barton, based in Bristol in the U.K., is both a writer and prolific translator of Japanese books, whose recent translation has become a huge success.

  • British foreign secretary set for China trip as U.K. seeks investment

    Oct 12, 2024 | asia.nikkei.com | Zoe Frechin-Pollard

    LONDON -- U.K. Foreign Secretary David Lammy is planning to visit Beijing as soon as this week, with analysts saying that the new government is keen to reset ties with the world's second-largest economy. A government source told Nikkei Asia that Lammy is planning his first trip since the Labour Party came into power in July, but officials declined to provide further details. Local media have also reported that U.K. Chancellor Rachel Reeves is planning to visit Beijing early next year.

  • Indian nurse's payout in U.K. exposes visa scams

    Sep 28, 2024 | asia.nikkei.com | Zoe Frechin-Pollard

    LONDON -- Kirankumar Rathod arrived in the U.K. from India with his family in May last year after forking out 22,000 pounds ($29,213) to an immigration agent, expecting to start work as a health care assistant. Instead his life was thrown into chaos when the company that had sponsored his visa failed to give him any work and then fired him. He filed a complaint to the labor tribunal and an employment judge ruled on Sept.

  • U.K. to supply torpedoes to AUKUS partners, train more Australians

    Sep 26, 2024 | asia.nikkei.com | Zoe Frechin-Pollard

    LONDON -- The U.K. has agreed to supply AUKUS partners with torpedoes for submarine-hunting aircraft, British Defence Secretary John Healey announced Thursday, after a meeting with U.S. and Australian counterparts in London. He also said the U.K. would train hundreds more Australians to operate, maintain and regulate nuclear-powered submarines, after 250 completed a course in nuclear engineering this month.

  • Top London university urged to open up about China center funding

    Aug 31, 2024 | asia.nikkei.com | Zoe Frechin-Pollard

    LONDON -- U.K. academics are calling on universities to be more transparent about donations after the publication of a report showed that a single Hong Kong donor is funding an influential China studies institute under King's College London, a top British school.

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Zoe @ZoeTFPollard
14 Oct 24

RT @JennionJames: Pleased to share my thoughts with @NikkeiAsia on the Foreign Secretary's upcoming visit to China. Trade and investment…

Zoe
Zoe @ZoeTFPollard
29 Sep 24

Indian nurse's payout in U.K. exposes visa scams - the lack of government oversight when implementing care worker visas has left countless migrant workers in vulnerable situations. https://t.co/xr4n5MXLDU

Zoe
Zoe @ZoeTFPollard
26 Sep 24

U.K. to supply torpedoes to AUKUS partners, train more Australians https://t.co/j8vCcHnpyM via @NikkeiAsia