森尾隆志 / TAKASHI MORIO
Not observation — standing alongside.

森尾隆志TAKASHI MORIO — JOURNALIST

A journalist covering scrap metals, critical minerals, and East Asian supply chains through first-hand reporting. I compile Ministry of Finance trade statistics myself and write the distribution structures that averages conceal — with a perspective forged across sales, welfare work, and the newsroom.

SCRAPCRITICAL MINERALSFXSTEELSUPPLY CHAINGREATER CHINAJA·EN·ZH
THREE FIELDS / 三つの現場

Selling, supporting, writing.

B2B sales, Greater China

Nine years from 2003 selling semiconductor substrates to buyers in Taiwan, China, and Hong Kong. Pricing and negotiation, learned at the table.

2003–2012 / NISSHA

Welfare work

Seven years in disability support services. Standing alongside those whose voices carry least — the habit began here.

約7年 / 社会福祉法人

Journalist

Via regional and trade papers to MIRU (IRuniverse), covering scrap and critical minerals — grounded in primary data and fieldwork.

現在 / MIRU ほか
EXPERTISE / 専門領域

Writing the structures that averages conceal

  • Secondary aluminium pricing ADC12 = Zorba + processing margin; pass-through lags and price spreads.
  • Copper scrap flows to China Regulation diverts flows rather than killing them — read through self-compiled trade statistics.
  • Critical minerals & export controls Gallium, germanium, rare earths — and the two-tier market splitting Chinese and Western prices.
  • Scrap as strategic raw material China, the EU, and Japan each ring-fencing supply — a chain that tightens global balances.
  • Greater China negotiation dynamics The anatomy of opening 40–50% discount demands — and holding price discipline.
DATA / 財務省貿易統計 HS7404.00(本人集計)
78%

In 2024 Japan's copper scrap exports fell 36% — yet China's share edged up to 78%. In regulation and contraction alike, the China-bound channel is the last to die.

73% ('18) → 38% ('19) → 77% ('23) → 78% ('24)
SELECTED WORK / 記事

Selected work

  • 代表記事 / PDF

    代表4記事集(積水ハウス・三丸興業・UR都市機構・金井工芸)

    Real-estate tech, corporate history, urban renewal, and traditional craft — four signature pieces, collected as published.

  • MIRU 2025/12/22

    今後の為替と銅市場

    Copper supply-demand and its monetary linkages, with a medium-term scenario.

  • MIRU 2025/12/13

    Argus Japan Metals Day 2025 レポート

    Export controls, price benchmarks, and supply-chain realignment — reported same-week.

  • MIRU 2025/12/06

    フジクラ:生成AIと株価上昇

    Reading the causal chain from generative AI to data-center capex to optical demand.

  • MIRU 2025/12/21

    鉄鋼重大ニュースまとめ

    The year's steel headlines, sorted by materials, balances, and policy.

TIMELINE / 経歴

Career

  • 2003.4–2012.6

    NISSHA — B2B sales, semiconductor substrates

    Greater China accounts including TSMC; pricing and negotiation at the table.

  • 2012.7–2019.5

    Shonan Aozora (Fujisawa Ikueikai) — disability support

    Seven years of frontline support; built the facility's care-guidance manuals.

  • 2019–2024

    Trade and regional newspapers

    Weekly Building Management; Nikkan Kensetsu Sangyo Shimbun (2020–22); Amami Shimbun (2022–24); Densen Shimbun (2024) — with parallel work as an ESG investment analyst.

  • 2024.7–

    Independent

    Reporting, writing, and editing nationwide; 24–48h rush work available.

  • 2025.12–

    MIRU (IRuniverse) — scrap, critical minerals, FX

    Writing built on fieldwork and self-compiled trade statistics; expert-network consulting alongside.

SERVICES / 提供業務

What you can commission

Reporting & contributions

Earnings and business features, market outlooks (FX × resources × geopolitics), industry analysis, long-form reportage. 2,000–4,000 characters; 24–48h rush available.

JA / EN

Expert consulting

Expert-network calls and consultations across six pillars: ADC12 pricing, copper scrap export structures, Greater China negotiation dynamics, and more.

JA / EN / ZH

Editing & research

Turning audio and documents into publishable copy; trilingual industry research including Chinese-language primary sources.

JA ⇄ EN ⇄ ZH
CONTACT / 連絡先

Assignments, commissions, consulting

Editors, expert networks, and sources: reach me by email or LinkedIn, in Japanese, English, or Mandarin.