The usually staid Japanese media lambasted the "cowardly" Carlos Ghosn on Wednesday, after the tycoon jumped bail and fled to Lebanon to avoid trial in Japan. "Running away is a cowardly act that mocks Japan's justice system," said the Yomiuri Shimbun, with Ghosn facing multiple ...
Aussie newspapers protest state media restrictions in rare show of unity
Australia's biggest newspapers ran front pages on Monday made to appear heavily redacted as a protest against legislation that restricts press freedoms, a rare show of unity by the usually partisan media industry. Australia has no constitutional safeguards for free speech, although the government added ...
U.S. political cartooning was murdered; here's the autopsy
In the United States, political cartooning as we know it is dead.
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 ...
Long-form journalism is the future of print
"Creative destruction" will erase the dinosaurs and in their place will arise a new generation of print outlets dedicated to long-form analysis and commentary.
No news is bad news for civil discourse
The disappearance of local newspapers is making national politics more polarized.
While there has been tangible progress toward achieving full barrier-free access for people with physical disabilities through the installation of ramps, elevators and other pieces of infrastructure at public facilities, measures to clear obstacles for people with mental disabilities have been sorely lacking in ...
Letters containing suspected cyanide targeted 18 Japanese newspapers and drugmakers
Threatening letters with white powder suspected to be potassium cyanide were recently sent to a total of 18 companies, police sources said Tuesday. The letters include those delivered to the Tokyo headquarters of major dailies the Asahi Shimbun and the Mainichi Shimbun, and offices of ...
Most people in Japan get news from commercial TV broadcasts, poll finds
Over 90 percent of people in Japan use commercial television broadcasts as a news source, a survey finds.
All the anonymous b.s. that's fit to print
Trump shouldn't be president. Why is the Times breaking its ethics guidelines to tell us what everyone already knows?
Can U.S. media stand up for press freedom?
Donald Trump's Twitter onslaught is in danger of drowning press freedom.
The 'thin gray line': Media stifles libel stories
All too often major media outlets shield one another from public scrutiny and accountability.
