James Coomarasamy is a British presenter of the BBC Radio 4 evening programme The World Tonight and the flagship Newshour programme on the BBC World Service.

Before joining Newshour in 2010, Coomarasamy spent a year presenting the Europe Today. Before becoming a presenter he had been a BBC correspondent in Warsaw, followed by Paris, then Washington, D.C.

Coomarasamy was educated at Christ's Hospital, an independent school for boys, near Horsham, West Sussex, followed by Trinity Hall, Cambridge, where he studied modern and medieval languages. He is fluent in French and Russian, and he speaks some Polish words.

Coomarasamy has worked primarily for the BBC:

Coomarasamy is married to Nanette van der Laan. They have two children: Maya and Finn.