A U.S. think tank survey released Friday found that 65 percent of Japanese saw the domestic media as doing very or somewhat well at reporting news accurately.
According to a poll by the Washington D.C.-based Pew Research Center on global views of the news media, 55 percent of those surveyed also said their media do a good job of covering political issues fairly. The same ratio also said they do well providing news about government leaders and officials.
The survey, which suggested most Japanese want the media to be unbiased when covering political issues, drew 41,953 respondents in 38 countries between last February and May. In Japan, just over 1,000 people were canvassed by telephone for their opinions.