The Japanese version of the Huffington Post will offer a website that spurs more interaction between the media and the public and empower Generation Y, the children of the baby boomers, said Shigeki Matsuura, editor-in-chief of Huffington Post Japan, which is scheduled to launch next Tuesday.
Japan will be the sixth location for the U.S.-based Huffington Post to kick off an international edition after Canada, France, Italy, Spain and the U.K. The Japanese version will be operated in partnership with the Asahi Shimbun.
Matsuura said it aims to be one of the top five news websites in Japan in three years.