







Reputations, biases, past controversies. I know about Sankei Shimbun and I have some idea about the national papers, but I honestly don’t know anything at all about most local ones. Japan has poor press freedom in general (ranked 62nd out of 180 countries for 2026)
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Latest news on Japan: business, politics, commentary, sports, culture, life and more

Japanese publishers are fighting imposter news sites with a cryptographic signature
The Yomiuri Shimbun, The Asahi Shimbun, and NHK have all signed onto the Originator Profile standard.

Fuji TV, Sankei Shimbun announce fabricated data found in their polls
TOKYO -- Fuji Television Network Inc. and the Sankei Shimbun Co. on June 19 announced the discovery that some data in 14 joint opinion polls they cond

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Reporters sans frontières assure la promotion et la défense de la liberté d'informer et d'être informé partout dans le monde. L'organisation, basée à Paris, compte des bureaux à l'international (Berlin, Bruxelles, Genève, Madrid, Stockholm, Tripoli, Tunis, Vienne et Washington DC) et plus de 150 correspondants répartis sur les cinq continents.
Media Influence Matrix – The World's Most Reliable Influence Tracker
This week’s edition reads five FY2025 reports against each other: Dnevnik (Slovenia), Delfi Latvia, Phoenix New Media (China), Hanza Media (Croatia) and Digi Communications (Romania). It finds two publishers separating their journalism from their balance sheets, a Croatian publisher closing a 35-year-old political weekly on a 1.1% net margin, a Chinese state-linked digital news group whose financial centre has quietly shifted from advertising to mini-program reading apps, and a Romanian telecom giant’s having its news channel walk off the must-carry list.
Information and Communications in Japan 2024
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Journalism and Communication Studies | KPU.ca - Kwantlen Polytechnic University
*KPU Journalism grads Kristi Alexandra (top left) and Brittany Tiplady (top right) are the founders of Loose Lips Magazine, an online publication that covers local arts, culture, women’s health, and current events.
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The marking out of the symbiotic relationship between reliable information producers and journalists is also vital to understanding the media system. A reliable, centralised stream of new information content is the life blood of journalism organisations, with a strong emphasis on _reliable_ and _centralised_. This particular need that journalists have sees them often becoming dependent on state institutions and corporations at the expense of minority groups and labor. An example being the journalists 'on the beat' that used to hang out around the local courthouse because that's where the 'feeding trough' is. Or the reports so nicely formatted and condensed produced by the state departments such that journos merely have to copy-paste the information straight into their papers. Easy-peasy.
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State Media Monitor Global Dataset 2025
This dataset provides comprehensive information on the governance, funding, and editorial independence of state and public media outlets worldwide. In 2025, the State Media Monitor covers 170 countries, tracking changes in media governance models, funding mechanisms, and degrees of political control. The dataset underpins the annual State Media Monitor Global Study and supports comparative research in journalism, media policy, and governance. Access the full dataset here: https://www.statemediamonitor.com
Linking to sources because Japanese newspapers never (and other news websites almost never) actually link to their sources, or even mention them by name in many cases (and if they do, they only mention the name as translated into Japanese if the original is in another language) #petpeeve
About the JGSDF covertly surveilling civilians within Japan that was first reported on by Kumamoto Nichi Nichi Shimbun in July 2026. There are also articles by the Okinawa Times, but they’re all paywalled. I’ve only come across one related article in English so far: japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/07/24/japan/politic… Search terms: Japan Self-Defense Forces (JSDF), Japan Ground Self-Defense Force, 陸上自衛隊
情報漏洩に関する企業アンケート|株式会社 帝国データバンク[TDB]

Over 16% of Japanese companies experience data breaches

GMO系「国内不正アクセス、中国製AIソフトの使用確認」

【企業一覧】個人情報の漏洩・恐れを公表した企業など 随時更新

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医療や金融の個人データを保護へ 漏洩リスク防止に法整備の検討開始:朝日新聞

【社説】陸上自衛隊の個人情報収集 プライバシーの侵害は許されない:朝日新聞

【独自第7弾】陸自部隊の個人情報収集は「違法」 部隊関係者が新たな公益通報 「身分隠して収集は個人情報保護法違反」|熊本日日新聞社

陸自「現地情報隊」が民間人の思想信条など情報収集 元隊員が証言:朝日新聞
自衛隊が一般市民を監視…?熊本日日新聞の大スクープに「大手全国紙」がまるで加勢しない異常事態(神保 太郎) | 現代ビジネス | 講談社
自衛隊の市民監視スクープが鳴らす警鐘…沖縄で起きた虐殺の歴史と「国家情報局」に見る、情報戦の行き着く先(神保 太郎) | 現代ビジネス | 講談社

【文書入手】陸自・現地情報隊が、市民の「愛国心」など思想調査/小泉防衛大臣に問う、どこが「不適切ではない」のか | Tansa

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