Takeshi Maeda is a senior reporter in charge of Japan biomass markets, at global price-reporting agency Argus Media. He currently contributes to the Argus Biomass Markets (ABM) report, a weekly that publishes global spot price assessments for industrial wood pellets, residential pellets, chips and palm kernel shells (PKS) and provides in-depth market commentaries, analysis, stories and related data. Before joining Argus in April 2024, Takeshi had fifteen years of experience in Journalism as a newspaper reporter in Japan. He received the Sakata Memorial Journalism Award in the international category as a member of the reporting team in 2016.