RESEARCH Japan's Ethnic Media: Brazilian Papers Evolve With Community Portuguese-language papers in Japan are active forums on vital issues like immigration and education. In the final excerpt from his 2004 book "Ethnic Media Studies," sociology professor Shigehiko Shiramizu studies one paper's response to its readers' shifting needs.
Japan's Ethnic Media: Little Fish in Big Pond Reach Out to Expats From Brazilians to Koreans, minorities in Japan are increasing in number and publications have cropped up to serve their needs. In the first of two excerpts from his 2004 book "Ethnic Media Studies," sociology professor Shigehiko Shiramizu navigates the difficulties faced by these niche media.
NTT DoCoMo: Review of a Case I-mode has transformed the way Japanese, especially youth, socialize privately and publicly. In this academic paper recently presented at the USC Annenberg School for Communication, researcher Jack Qiu explores the influence of NTT DoCoMo's mobile Internet platform on Japanese society.
'A Public Betrayed': Establishment Press Leaks Tips to Weeklies In a new book, media ethics professor Takesato Watanabe and writer Adam Gamble explore the massive influence of Japan's controversial weekly newsmagazines, or shukanshi. This edited excerpt from the book is the second of two installments.
'A Public Betrayed': The Power of Japan's Scandal-Breaking Weeklies In the first of two excerpts from their new book, media ethics professor Takesato Watanabe and writer Adam Gamble explore the massive influence of Japan's controversial and influential weekly newsmagazines, or shukanshi.
Local News Takes Backseat to Tokyo Why is there so little focus on local news in Japan? Professor Koichi Kobayashi recently chaired a federal task force set up to study the question. His conclusion: There are plenty of ways to cheaply distribute local news in Japan, but producing local news is costly -- and audiences aren't very interested in it -- so few companies are producing it.
Is the Japanese Press a Dinosaur in the 21st Century? Japan's young adults seem more interested in the wireless Internet, video games and entertainment than in the staid news product the major papers deliver. Can Japan's newspapers survive the IT revolution? An analysis by the head of Yomiuri's digital division.
Japan Media: The Stone Unturned Though Japan is awash in media, few scholars have made it their business to study the media and their influence on Japanese society. This academic paper is one of the first to examine Japan's media and the state of Japanese media criticism and research. By Barbara Gatzen.
Japan Media: A Setup for Failure Journalism professor Takesato Watanabe concluded in this 1996 essay that Japan media are too subject to government controls and too dependent on large corporate sponsors. The result: an entertainment-oriented media afraid to investigate government and corporate wrongdoings.
Public Broadcasting, Media Ownership and Democratic Debate in Japan A look at how politicians and corporations have pressured media to steer clear of hard-nosed reporting critical of business and government. By Barbara Gatzen.