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Prosecutor gambling scandal lifts veil on press access in Japan

National / Media | MEDIA MIX Jun 13, 2020

Prosecutor gambling scandal lifts veil on press access in Japan

by Philip Brasor

Will the incident prompt any major media outlet to change its ways when socializing with sources?

Media collaborators threaten press freedom in Japan

Commentary / Japan Jun 10, 2020

Media collaborators threaten press freedom in Japan

by Richard Solomon

Japan has too few good journalists because mainstream media reporters unconsciously begin their stories from the point of view of prized informants.

Asahi Shimbun employee embroiled in prosecutor gambling scandal suspended for a month

National May 29, 2020

Asahi Shimbun employee embroiled in prosecutor gambling scandal suspended for a month

The mahjong sessions with top Tokyo prosecutor Hiromu Kurokawa took place four times at a Sankei Shimbun reporter's home in April and May.

Dramatizing the reality of a nuclear meltdown

National / Media | MEDIA MIX Mar 21, 2020

Dramatizing the reality of a nuclear meltdown

by Philip Brasor

As with many feature films based on real-life incidents, "Fukushima 50," which opened nationwide March 6 and depicts the actions of the men who struggled to contain the disaster at the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant following the Great East Japan Earthquake of ...

Tokyo court admits Asahi reporter was defamed but denies damages over 'comfort women' articles

National Jun 27, 2019

Tokyo court admits Asahi reporter was defamed but denies damages over 'comfort women' articles

The Tokyo District Court recognized Wednesday that a former Asahi Shimbun newspaper reporter was defamed in connection with his 1991 articles on "comfort women," but it rejected his claim for damages against a major publisher and a scholar. The term comfort women is a euphemism ...

Ex-top Trump aide McMaster says accepting North Korea nukes would push Japan to debate own deterrent

National May 14, 2019

Ex-top Trump aide McMaster says accepting North Korea nukes would push Japan to debate own deterrent

by Jesse Johnson

Former U.S. national security adviser H.R. McMaster has said that the United States accepting North Korea as a de facto nuclear power would prompt Japan to debate whether or not it needed its own nuclear weapons, a claim that comes amid rekindled tensions on ...

Asahi Shimbun remembers 29-year-old reporter killed in 1987 ultra-rightist attack

National May 3, 2018

Asahi Shimbun remembers 29-year-old reporter killed in 1987 ultra-rightist attack

The Asahi Shimbun daily and local residents on Thursday paid tribute to a 29-year-old reporter killed in a 1987 shooting at its western Japan bureau, in an attack claimed by ultra-rightists angered by the newspaper's "anti-national" reporting. Company officials also renewed their pledge to defend ...

In Japan no one wants to talk about sex education

National / Media | MEDIA MIX Apr 7, 2018

In Japan no one wants to talk about sex education

by Philip Brasor

The English "penis" — which rhymes with "Venice" in katakana — is the preferred technical term when discussing male genitalia in Japan, but even that seems to be taboo in broadcast situations.

National Jan 20, 2018

Japanese newspaper reporter wounded in unsolved '87 shooting at Hanshin bureau dies

Hyoe Inukai, a former Asahi Shimbun reporter severely wounded by a shotgun during the unsolved 1987 attack on the daily's Hanshin bureau, has died, it was learned Friday. He was 73. Inukai died Tuesday at a hospital in Kagawa Prefecture. The cause of death is ...

Japanese media's hits and misses of 2017

National / Media | MEDIA MIX Dec 30, 2017

Japanese media's hits and misses of 2017

by Philip Brasor

The term "fake news" was used in so many different situations this year that it no longer describes an agreed upon concept but rather anything you don't agree with. This is why the U.S. press has had a difficult time making sense of its ...

Men still making houses as women try to leave home

National / Media | BIG IN JAPAN Dec 23, 2017

Men still making houses as women try to leave home

by Michael Hoffman

Dogen Ogata's name is known worldwide before he knows it himself. He's 8 months old. One day last month, in all innocence, cradled in his mother's arms, he attended a session of the Kumamoto municipal assembly. Yuka Ogata, 42, is a member of the assembly. ...

#MeToo movement confuses media in Japan

National / Media | MEDIA MIX Nov 25, 2017

#MeToo movement confuses media in Japan

by Philip Brasor

During a recent discussion on Bunka Hoso's radio talk show, "Golden Radio," about sexual misconduct in the U.S., the participants wondered if the #MeToo social media movement would catch on in Japan. "Me Too" as a movement was started more than a decade ago ...

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