Moon Decelerates on North-South Summit
A roundup of the most significant news stories from Japan reported on February 18, 2018.
Tag Archives: Sankei Shinbun
Abe in Pyeongchang
A roundup of the most significant news stories from Japan reported on February 9, 2018.
Edano Go!
A roundup of the most significant news stories from Japan reported on February 3, 2018.
Victor Cha Not Crazy Enough for Trump Administration
A roundup of the most significant news stories from Japan reported on January 31, 2018.
Japan Tobacco Wins Again
A roundup of the most significant news stories from Japan reported on January 30, 2018.
Abe Vows “Year of Execution”
A roundup of the most significant news stories from Japan reported on January 1, 2018.
Today in Japan (12.20.17)
A roundup of the most significant news stories from Japan reported on December 20, 2017.
The Sankei Shinbun’s Struggle for Relevance
The Sankei Shinbun has never been a newspaper that shies away from controversy. In a country that still struggles with its recent history and that is in the midst of allegedly far-reaching reforms, several of the conservative newspaper’s strongly opinionated pieces have given rise to controversy, raising questions about whether or not some of the newspaper’s activities could be called journalism at all–or whether “rightwing activism” would be a better label.
The Asahi Shinbun’s Loss of Nerve
It has been impossible for any journalist in Japan, whether Japanese or foreign, to overlook the agony of the Asahi Shinbun over the past couple months. They have stumbled from one mistake to another, and in the process they have inadvertently energized the Japanese right and deflated moderates and liberals.
A Tale of Two Courts: Japan and South Korea
We couldn’t help but notice that there were two court cases this month in which a judge in a foreign nation made some claim upon Japan, but that the domestic reaction was entirely different.
