Siti Noor Adillah Masrol is a writer and publication associate at UNDP Malaysia. She obtained her Master’s degree in East Asian Studies from Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia. Her Master’s thesis analyzes the shift in Japan’s foreign and economic policies under Shinzo Abe’s second administration, focusing on Japan-South Korea trade dispute since 2019 as a case study. Meanwhile, her current research interest includes Japan’s economic security strategy, ASEAN regionalism, digital trade as well as development agenda in East Asia.