National / Media | MEDIA MIX Oct 24, 2020

Hokkaido municipalities gamble on a nuclear future, but at what cost?

Nuclear waste site survey applications reflect muddled official policy about what to do with the country's spent nuclear fuel

National / Media | MEDIA MIX Oct 17, 2020

Media join the debate over the economics of a universal basic income

Could the introduction of such a welfare model lead to economic inequality?

National / Media | MEDIA MIX Oct 10, 2020

Courts struggling to define what constitutes defamation in social media

Journalist Shiori Ito files rare libel lawsuit over use of the "like" button on Twitter.

National / Media | MEDIA MIX Oct 3, 2020

The media’s role in helping Suga become Japan’s prime minister

A funny thing happened between the day Shinzo Abe said he was stepping down as Japan's prime minister and the day Yoshihide Suga was elected the new president of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party and Abe's presumptive successor. Prior to Abe's Aug. 28 announcement, ...

National / Media | MEDIA MIX Sep 26, 2020

The changing social narrative on Japan's entrenched gender roles

Little can be done as long as a country's cultural norms are built into a social structure that delineates gender roles.

National / Media | MEDIA MIX Sep 19, 2020

Japan is forced to look abroad in the hunt for a COVID-19 vaccine. But at what cost?

Japan has a history of vaccines and related medical treatments that have proven to be problematic — take the prescription drug Tamiflu, for example.

National / Media | MEDIA MIX Sep 12, 2020

Separating environmental issues from business matters in Japan

News outlets are refraining from addressing the climate and coronavirus crises simultaneously.

National / Media | MEDIA MIX Sep 5, 2020

Competing interests of labor unions laid bare at TV Asahi

When a company's workforce contains both journalists and news program workers, conflict can arise.

National / Media | MEDIA MIX Aug 29, 2020

Exporting Japanese culture abroad in the guise of a TV drama

"Hanzawa Naoki 2" borrows from traditional kabuki stagecraft to heighten the show's dramatic effect.

National / Media | MEDIA MIX Aug 22, 2020

Political documentaries in Japan struggle to inspire

Japanese documentaries analyze entrenched political power with largely unsurprising results.