Asia Pacific May 3, 2022
In the last year alone, the territory has plunged 68 places to 148th in the Reporters Without Borders list, seeing it land between the Philippines and Turkey.
World Jan 31, 2022
Turkey leader threatens to punish country's media over 'harmful content'
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan urged authorities to take "legal action" against the "destructive effects" of some media content — without revealing what that would entail.
Business / Tech Oct 31, 2021
A $2 billion Japanese startup aims to fix polarized news via an algorithm
by Min Jeong Lee, Yoojung Lee and Takahiko Hyuga
SmartNews, which uses an algorithm to provide what it says is an unbiased, nonpartisan mix of information, is one of Japan’s most valuable startups.
Business / Corporate Sep 17, 2021
Google launches News Showcase service in Japan, will pay fees to 40 publishers
While Google generates massive search advertising revenue, newspaper publishers have struggled due to declines in print circulation and ad revenues in both their print and online offerings.
Asia Pacific Jun 25, 2021
What else has Hong Kong lost, readers ask, as a paper is silenced
by Austin Ramzy and Tiffany May
To many, Apple Daily was a symbol of the civil liberties that have been lost as Beijing has tightened its grip over the city.
Asia Pacific Jun 24, 2021
Hong Kong's pro-democracy Apple Daily signs off in 'painful farewell'
by Sharon Abratique and Jessie Pang
The closure of the popular tabloid marks the end of an era for media freedom in the Chinese-ruled city.
Business Jun 11, 2021
Google and Facebook pledged millions for local news. Was it enough?
by Helen Coster
Critics say the funding does not nearly compensate for the tens of billions of dollars publishers lost as the tech companies gobbled up the digital advertising market.
National / Media | MEDIA MIX Jun 5, 2021
The damage done by a lengthy appeals process
by Philip Brasor
The media has no problem reprimanding the government when it loses a court case, but news outlets seldom talk about how the judicial system can drag things on.
National May 26, 2021
Tokyo Olympics sponsor Asahi Shimbun joins cancellation chorus
Tokyo 2020 CEO Toshiro Muto said it was "natural" that "different media organizations have different views," but acknowledged that people are "anxious."
National / Media | BIG IN JAPAN May 8, 2021
Them's fightin' words: How militaristic vocabulary works its way into Olympics coverage
by Mark Schreiber
Militaristic language has made its way into headlines about the Olympics, but that may say more about Japan's news media than the actual situation.
Media | MEDIA MIX Apr 24, 2021
Is the IOC putting a torch to ‘freedom of speech’?
by Philip Brasor
Press outlets that are not affiliated with the Summer Games are calling foul on a number of directives issued by Olympics bodies.
National | Remembering 3/11 Mar 10, 2021
'News by and for disaster victims': Fukushima reporters look back on 3/11
by Ryusei Takahashi
As reporters from across the world flocked to Japan, it was local journalists who were the first to arrive at the scene of the disaster and the last to leave.