Hiroko Tabuchi is an American climate journalist who has reported from Japan and the United States, and is known for her coverage of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster in 2011 and its aftermath.

She has worked for The New York Times since 2008, and previously written for The Wall Street Journal and the Tokyo bureau of the Associated Press.

[4] She has also contributed to New York Public Radio on several occasions on topics ranging from nuclear meltdown to significant mechanical failures from major car brands.

[1] In 2018, she was one of the team of New York Times journalists who won the John B Oakes Award for her contribution to reporting on the Environmental Protection Agency under the Trump administration.

[8][9] She was also the winner of the National Press Foundation Innovative Storyteller Award in 2020, in part for having "led the coverage of the 2011 nuclear disaster in Japan" for the New York Times.