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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.

National / Media | MEDIA MIX Feb 13, 2021

The uneasy state of Japan’s welfare system

by Philip Brasor

The LDP and business community have been undermining Japan's lifetime employment system in order to make it easier for employers to hire and fire, and to set salaries to their liking.

National / Media | MEDIA MIX Dec 26, 2020

Should older people pay a larger share of their health care costs?

by Philip Brasor

The government has approved a proposal that would require those aged over 74 to pay 20% of health care costs out of pocket, thus doubling the portion they currently pay.