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SOCCER / PREMIER REPORT
Feb 26, 2006

Mourinho should take a media lesson from Wenger

LONDON -- When Arsene Wenger left the press conference in Bernabeu Stadium after Arsenal's 1-0 win over Real Madrid in the Champions League on Tuesday night he smiled as the assembled media gave him a round of applause.
JAPAN / Media / MEDIA MIX
Nov 6, 2005

The media is insuring itself, but is failing to assure the people

Japan has a reputation for being a shoppers paradise, but while Japanese consumers are considered savvy and discriminating, they aren't necessarily safe from those who would want to take advantage of them.
COMMENTARY / COUNTERPOINT
Jun 19, 2005

Media conspiracy of concealment costs social progress dear

What do these Japanese people have in common: A neighbor of people whose house has burned down; an uncle or aunt of someone who has been the victim of a crime; a person who has had food poisoning?
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / CLOSE-UP
Jul 4, 2004

Seiichi Kanise: Media insider casts an outsider's eye on Japan

After 17 years' experience as a top-flight news reporter both at home and abroad, in 1991 Seiichi Kanise began a 10-year stint as a TV news anchorman. Then, after covering a wide range of news events, in 2003 he accepted an offer from the Tokyo-based Bunka Hoso (Nippon Cultural Broadcasting Inc.) radio...
JAPAN / Media / MEDIA MIX
Apr 25, 2004

Shame lies with government and media over Iraq hostage crisis

Last week, the Asahi Shimbun ran an opinion piece by writer Genichiro Takahashi that was in the form of an advice column. The anonymous advice-seeker professed to having suffered the same fate as the three Japanese hostages who returned from Iraq to a chorus of derision. After all I went through, said...
JAPAN
Nov 8, 2002

Deliberations kick off on media coverage bills

The House of Councilors Judicial Affairs Committee started deliberations Thursday on a set of contentious bills that advocates say will protect human rights and personal information, but whose foes say will hamstring the news media.
JAPAN
Feb 27, 2002

Free-lancers, Web 'media' under bill

A human rights bill being prepared to, in part, protect individuals from excessive media coverage will apply to freelance reporters working in all media -- including the Internet -- as well as reporters employed by news organizations, the government said Tuesday.
JAPAN
Feb 25, 2002

Media must probe collusion: group

Japanese news media should make greater efforts to shed light on collusive ties between politicians and bureaucrats in the wake of revelations of close relations between lawmaker Muneo Suzuki and the Foreign Ministry, members of an advisory committee to Kyodo News have said.
JAPAN
Apr 25, 2001

Caribbean, Latin American envoys meet local media

Diplomats from Latin American and Caribbean countries met with a group of Japanese journalists on Tuesday to discuss perceptions of the Japanese media toward countries in the region.
JAPAN
Dec 3, 1998

Wakayama residents stressed by media presence

A national institute on mental health has warned the media that coverage of the mass poisoning in a residential community of Wakayama this summer has doubly hurt local people already suffering due to the crime.
Japan Times
JAPAN
May 21, 2023

Zelenskyy schedules a news conference, and a reporter’s day is turned upside down

A Japan Times reporter was supposed to help write a story on a trilateral meeting between Japan, the U.S. and South Korea. But the Ukrainian president's schedule changed everything.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech
May 12, 2023

Elon Musk says he has found new CEO for Twitter

Tesla shares closed 2.1% higher on Thursday and analysts said the announcement helped alleviate some investor concerns around Musk's active involvement at Twitter.
Japan Times
May 9, 2023

“Toyama Media Art International Triennale 2023” We will start a public recruiting of video works!

Toyama City will hold the “Toyama Media Art International Triennale” in FY2023 with the aim of communicating the attractiveness of Toyama City through visual images and creating a continuous liveliness in the city. The new course for Toyama citizens is now open to the public. The theme for the professional...
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Apr 19, 2023

Fox settles with Dominion for $787.5 million over false election claims

The high-profile defamation case put one of the world's top media companies in the crosshairs over its coverage of false vote-rigging claims in the 2020 U.S. election.
Japan Times
CULTURE
Apr 14, 2023

Disney super fans keep the magic alive in Japan

As Tokyo Disneyland marks its 40th anniversary, influencers such as Christopher Nilghe and Yoshika Yoshida celebrate on social media.
Japan Times
WORLD
Apr 8, 2023

New batch of classified U.S. documents appear on social media sites

The scale of the leak — analysts say more than 100 documents may have been obtained — along with the sensitivity of the documents themselves, could be hugely damaging, U.S. officials said.
Japan Times
Apr 3, 2023

“Toyama Media Art International Triennale 2023” We will start a public recruiting of video works!

Toyama City will hold the “Toyama Media Art International Triennale” in FY2023 with the aim of communicating the attractiveness of Toyama City through visual images and creating a continuous liveliness in the city. The new course for Toyama citizens is now open to the public. The theme for the professional...
Japan Times
JAPAN / Society
Apr 1, 2023

'Don't blame women': Japan's birth drive sparks online debate

Japan's government has made tackling its falling birthrate a top priority, but with few women involved in official debate on the issue, some are making themselves heard on social media.
Japan Times
LIFE / Lifestyle
Mar 25, 2023

TikTok's newest trend is squeaky clean

Could this clean up TikTok's tarnish imaged?
Japan Times
Mar 3, 2023

“Toyama Media Art International Triennale 2023” We will start a public recruiting of video works!

Toyama City will hold the “Toyama Media Art International Triennale” in FY2023 with the aim of communicating the attractiveness of Toyama City through visual images and creating a continuous liveliness in the city. The new course for Toyama citizens is now open to the public. The theme for the professional...
Japan Times
LIFE / Digital / Japan Pulse
Feb 11, 2023

Minami Minegishi: AKB48’s tear-stained pioneer

One J-pop idol’s shocking show of penance in 2013 foreshadowed the price of fame on the internet.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech / ANALYSIS
Jul 8, 2023

Meta's 'friendly' Threads collides with unfriendly internet

Mark Zuckerberg has pitched Meta's Twitter copycat app, Threads, as a 'friendly' refuge for public discourse online. Maintaining that idealistic vision for Threads is another story.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech
Jul 2, 2023

Musk says Twitter will limit how many tweets users can read

Executive Chair Elon Musk said the move was intended to discourage 'extreme levels' of data scraping and system manipulation.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jul 1, 2023

Cambodian ruler’s Facebook account goes dark after spat with Meta

Meta, Facebook’s parent company, has recommended that he be suspended from the platform for threatening political opponents with violence.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech
Dec 23, 2022

Meta to pay $725 million in Cambridge Analytica scandal settlement

Facebook's parent company admitted no wrongdoing, saying in a statement that settling was 'in the best interest of our community and shareholders.'
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Dec 22, 2022

Elon Musk 'not suited’ to running Twitter, Tesla investor says

Ross Gerber says if Musk remains involved with the platform it should be with the underlying technology rather than as the 'front-facing CEO.'
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Dec 14, 2022

TikTok U.S. security deal’s prospects clouded by FBI doubts and state bans

A congressional panel is seeking a way to let TikTok keep operating in the U.S. while also preventing the possibility that the Chinese government could access user data.
Japan Times
Rugby
Dec 6, 2022

England rugby coach Eddie Jones to be sacked, U.K. media reports say

One report suggested former England captain and assistant coach Steve Borthwick, currently at Leicester, is to take over.
Japan Times
LIFE / Digital
Nov 26, 2022

Leg booty? Panoramic? How TikTok is changing language

A new vocabulary — a little fun, a little dystopian — has emerged on the social video platform, as creators try to get around algorithms and strict content moderation.

Longform

A sinkhole in Yashio, which emerged in January, was triggered by a ruptured, aging sewer pipe. Authorities worry that similar sections of infrastructure across the country are also at risk of corrosion.
That sinking feeling: Japan’s aging sewers are an infrastructure time bomb