When Russia invaded Ukraine in early 2022, Takahito Tokita, the global chief executive of Japanese IT giant Fujitsu, was thrown in the geopolitical deep end, one which he felt thoroughly underprepared for.
As Russian troops marched into Ukraine, global condemnation was swift and companies from Netflix to Atlassian began freezing Russian operations.
Jessica SierNorth Asia correspondentJessica Sier is the North Asia Correspondent for The Australian Financial Review. She is based in Tokyo, Japan. Jessica has previously written on technology, global capital markets and economics. Connect with Jessica on Twitter. Email Jessica at jessica.sier@afr.com
