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COMMENTARY / World
Jun 3, 2016
Distorted news on Russia
Russia appears to be the target of black information by Western intelligence agencies.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
May 30, 2016
Center for ‘socialist journalism’ opens in China as part of Xi push to cow media
Amid Chinese President Xi Jinping’s moves to bring the media to heel, a “teaching and research center for socialist journalism with Chinese characteristics” opened in Beijing on Sunday, state media reported.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
May 23, 2016
As Obama begins Vietnam visit, BBC reporter says he has been banned
A BBC correspondent in Vietnam for U.S. President Barack Obama’s visit to the country said Monday that he had been ordered by Vietnamese authorities to stop reporting — apparently because they suspected he had met one of the government’s sharpest critics.
COMMENTARY / World
May 21, 2016
Governments paranoid over free media
Many of the world’s leaders are developing a form of paranoia about legitimate journalism.
Japan Times
WORLD
May 21, 2016
Texas woman and her Chewbacca mask go viral
A Texas woman found fame this week after filming a Facebook Live video of herself in an electronic Chewbacca mask that racked up over 50 million views in less than 24 hours.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
May 18, 2016
North Korea’s new ad men try out pitches to a growing consumer class
“Pyongyang Spirit: A drink you won’t forget after drinking once,” reads the text of an ad for a clear, vodka-like North Korean alcohol.
ASIA PACIFIC
May 17, 2016
Chinese state media breaks silence, says Cultural Revolution must never be repeated
China must learn from the tumultuous, decadelong Cultural Revolution and never allow such an event to happen again, the ruling Communist Party’s official People’s Daily said on the movement’s anniversary.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
May 9, 2016
North Korea detains, interrogates, then expels Tokyo-based BBC reporter
North Korea expelled a BBC journalist on Monday over his reporting, the broadcaster and a North Korean official said, as a large group of foreign media members visited the isolated country to cover a rare ruling party congress.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
May 9, 2016
‘I am not your minder,’ and other mistakes made in North Korea
At least 130 foreign journalists traveled to Pyongyang to cover the first full congress of North Korea’s ruling party in 36 years.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Apr 27, 2016
The muzzling of Japan’s media is hurting Abenomics
How can Japan’s fossilized politics and business change if media shies away from asking tough questions?
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 27, 2016
Why China’s censors silenced a Net sensation
China’s leaders, so determined to export their culture to the world, are instead cultivating a neutered entertainment industry with their censorship.
JAPAN / Media / MEDIA MIX
Apr 23, 2016
On the money: Hitting TV where it hurts
Earlier this month, the Association of Television Viewers Who Demand Compliance With the Broadcast Law announced that it may launch a “national campaign” targeting TBS, which it accuses of biased news reporting. Should the broadcaster fail to address the accusation, the association will ask sponsors...
JAPAN / Media / MEDIA MIX
Apr 9, 2016
TV takes the lazy approach on ‘hikikomori’
On March 21, TV Asahi’s long-running variety show “TV Tackle” ran a special feature on hikikomori — people who have withdrawn from society. Hikikomori first came to the attention of the general public in 1999 when a Niigata man was arrested for keeping a teenage girl prisoner for nine years in his...
WORLD
Apr 7, 2016
White House declines to support encryption legislation: sources
The White House is declining to offer public support for draft legislation that would empower judges to require technology companies such as Apple Inc. to help law enforcement crack encrypted data, sources familiar with the discussions said.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Voices / FOREIGN AGENDA
Apr 6, 2016
‘No One’s Perfect’ writer Ototake couldn’t live up to the ‘Supercrip’ media ideal
Hirotada Otatake’s ‘inappropriate relationships’ are indefensible. But even more disappointing was the way the media presented Ototake and the story.
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Apr 5, 2016
Killer of New York’s ‘Kitty’ Genovese dies in prison
The convicted murderer of Catherine “Kitty” Genovese, a 28-year-old New York City bartender whose 1964 slaying became a notorious symbol of urban indifference, has died in prison at age 81, corrections officials said Monday.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Mar 29, 2016
Obama says journalists partly to blame for tone of presidential race
President Barack Obama on Monday laid some of the blame for the tone of the presidential campaign on political journalism that has been pinched by shrinking newsroom budgets and cheapened by a focus on retweets and likes on social media.
WORLD
Mar 29, 2016
Islamic State planning attacks on Jewish children in Turkey, U.K. TV reports
Britain’s Sky News quoted intelligence sources Monday as saying that the Islamic State group had “advanced plans” to kill Jewish children in Turkey by attacking kindergartens, schools and youth centers.
COMMUNITY / Issues / LABOR PAINS
Mar 27, 2016
Bearded train driver, out-of-pocket teacher and CV faker: How would they fare in court?
A look at three shiny new news items from the gossip columns that take on a different sheen when examined under the piercing light of labor law.
ASIA PACIFIC
Mar 21, 2016
Missing Chinese columnist who called for Xi to resign ‘taken away’ by police, lawyer says
Chinese police “took away” a well-known columnist last week before he tried to board a flight for Hong Kong and his whereabouts are still unknown, his lawyer said Monday.
Murakami says his novels are ‘different’ from AI literature
Haruki Murakami's first book in three years hit shelves in Japan on Friday.
Suspected Asian fraud ring exec served fresh warrant in Japan
The Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department and Osaka Prefectural Police have issued arrest warrants for three people, including a suspected fraud network leader, over alleged immigration and residency violations.
Thailand gets serious about chasing high-spending tourists
Chinese tourists at Wat Arun Ratchawararam Rathawaramahawihan in Bangkok
Japan needs caregivers. Young Indians are answering the call.
Young people in India's northeast are increasingly studying Japanese in hopes of building new lives and careers in Japan.
Tokyo hospital baby hatch accepts 20 newborns in first year
Hitoshi Kato (left), head of San-ikukai Hospital in Tokyo's Sumida Ward, speaks during a news conference at the Tokyo Metropolitan Government building on Thursday.
Okinawa’s prized seaweed under threat as oceans warm
Local harvesters gather <i>mozuku</i> during low tide at Hyakuna Beach in the city of Nanjo, Okinawa Prefecture. As the planet warms, rising ocean temperatures are placing increasing pressure on the seaweed industry.
‘Defense,’ not ‘warfare,’ stressed as pacifist Japan beefs up capabilities
Defense Minister Shinjiro Koizumi attends an annual training session near Mount Fuji at Higashifuji Training Field in Gotemba, Shizuoka Prefecture, on June 7.
Japan plans to sharply raise fees for residence permits from October
Foreign tourists walk on the path leading to the Kiyomizu Temple in Kyoto in May.
X Games returns to Chiba with new team format
Skateboarder Sora Shirai practices at Makuhari Messe in Chiba on Friday afternoon. X Games Chiba begins on Saturday.
NU Festival tests Takanawa Gateway City complex’s culture cred
Veteran improvisers Kazuo Imai and Atsuhiro Ito brought some unruly energy to NU Festival, a three-day multimedia event held at the Takanawa Gateway City complex.  

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