Ichiro Furutachi overwhelms film festival crowd with nonstop chatter
Ichiro Furutachi, a TV personality and former news anchor also known as "the mad chatter," overwhelmed the crowd — and interpreters — at Kabukiza Threatre on Thursday with his nonstop talk. "I have a feeling that non-Japanese today will not be happy when I'm talking ...
Shooting the messenger: journalism under siege in Japan
Journalists who refuse to toe the official line are under pressure, experts say
Self-censorship sensed as Japan's TV stations replace outspoken anchors
The faces of Japan's TV news are changing. Broadcasters are under increasing political pressure from the government and a succession of outspoken anchors and newscasters have resigned. Experts worry the situation marks a crisis in TV journalism, for it is believed broadcasters are now exercising self-censorship ...
TV Asahi Corp. said Thursday that Ichiro Furutachi, who has been the face of the network's signature news show since April 2004, will step down from the anchor post next spring at his request. The 61-year-old news presenter told the network he would like to ...
PRINCETON, N.J. — Can citizenship really be tested? An increasing number of countries — especially, but not only, in Europe — seem to think so. Over the last decade, tests and exams for immigrants have proliferated — but so have controversies about what they may ...
Public hopes fade to fears over the DPJ's capabilities
The Hatoyama Cabinet's approval rating is falling rapidly. In the Lower House election last August, people in Japan rejected the Liberal Democratic Party's long years of reliance on vested interests in favor of the Democratic Party of Japan for a change of government. From the ...
