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JOURNALISM

Jimmy Lai speaks during an interview in Hong Kong in June 2020.
ASIA PACIFIC / Crime & Legal
Dec 12, 2025
Verdict in trial of Hong Kong media mogul Jimmy Lai set for Monday
Lai, 78, is charged with foreign collusion under Hong Kong’s national security law, which Beijing imposed following pro-democracy protests in 2019.
The burned Wang Fuk Court housing complex after a deadly fire in the Tai Po area of Hong Kong on Nov. 30
ASIA PACIFIC
Dec 7, 2025
China warns foreign media in Hong Kong over fire coverage
The Office for Safeguarding National Security said it had summoned a number of unspecified foreign media outlets, criticizing coverage of the fire.
The New York Times alleges that the Pentagon's new press policy violates the rights to free speech and due process and that, if allowed to stand, will "deprive the public of vital information about the United States military and its leadership."
WORLD
Dec 5, 2025
New York Times sues Pentagon over press access
At least 30 news organizations, including Fox News, the Washington Post and Reuters, chose to give up their press badges rather than sign the Pentagon’s new press policy.
“Black Box Diaries” documents Shiori Ito’s legal case, while also showing her thoughts and feelings through journal style videos she recorded herself.
CULTURE / Film
Dec 4, 2025
‘Black Box Diaries’ is Shiori Ito’s unflinching case for the truth
After a re-edit, Shiori Ito’s Academy Award nominated documentary is finally getting released in Japan.
A person pays their respects at a makeshift memorial for the victims of last week’s deadly fire at the Wang Fuk Court housing complex in Hong Kong.  
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 2, 2025
How an unfree press stoked the flames of Hong Kong’s deadly blaze
Many of the people who lived in the housing complex knew about problems in the renovation project that saw building towers wrapped in plastic netting and windows filled with foam.
Michael Prescott answered questions from the House of Commons Culture, Media and Sport Committee, in London on Monday, after his internal memo on what he said were failings in the BBC's coverage of certain topics was leaked, sparking a scandal.
WORLD / Politics
Nov 25, 2025
BBC is not ‘institutionally biased,’ says author of explosive memo
Michael Prescott, a former external editorial adviser, compiled a dossier on issues within BBC News, including failings in its coverage of U.S. President Donald Trump.
Risa Akiyama, head of the Japan Women Journalists Association, gives a speech in Tokyo on Saturday.
JAPAN
Nov 23, 2025
Event marks first anniversary of Japan female journalists group
The Japan Women Journalists Association aims to support the career development of female reporters in Japan and add various viewpoints to the value judgment of news.
U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during an official dinner with the Saudi crown prince at the White House in Washington on Tuesday.
WORLD
Nov 19, 2025
‘Piggy.’ ‘Terrible.’ Trump lashes out at female reporters.
The U.S. president ripped into a reporter just days after calling another female journalist “piggy” after she asked a question related to Jeffrey Epstein.
Located near the Imperial Palace, the Foreign Correspondents’ Club of Japan prides itself on the accessibility of its events and the support it offers to budding and established journalists. The club is currently headed by Dan Sloan, a former reporter for Reuters.
COMMUNITY / Issues / The Foreign Element
Nov 17, 2025
Foreign Correspondents’ Club of Japan celebrates 80 years at the forefront of press freedom
Since its founding in 1945, the club has been an important professional hub and played host to a startling array of political and cultural figures from around the world.
A person walks with an umbrella outside BBC Broadcasting House, after Director-General Tim Davie and CEO of BBC News Deborah Turness resigned following accusations of bias at the British broadcaster, including in the way it edited a speech by U.S. President Donald Trump, in London on Friday.
WORLD / Politics
Nov 15, 2025
Trump says he will likely sue the BBC for up to $5 billion over edited speech
The British Broadcasting Corp. has been plunged into its biggest crisis in decades after two senior leaders resigned following accusations of bias.
The Asahi, along with the Nikkei and the Yomiuri Shimbun, filed a lawsuit with the Tokyo District Court against Perplexity in August.
JAPAN / Media
Nov 14, 2025
AI poses threat to journalism in Japan, news association chair says
Japan’s publishers are concerned about the impact generative artificial intelligence is having on the news business, Shiro Nakamura said.
People shelter from the rain outside the entrance to the BBC in London on Monday.
WORLD / Politics
Nov 11, 2025
Trump’s war on the media goes international with BBC apology
By using, or threatening to use, the courts and his administration’s authority, Trump has already forced a series of major concessions from some of the largest outlets in the U.S.
BBC Director-General Tim Davie in London on April 28, 2022.
WORLD
Nov 10, 2025
BBC boss and head of news resign amid accusations of bias
BBC leaders Tim Davie and Deborah Turness step down after claims the broadcaster distorted Trump’s Jan. 6 speech and exhibited bias in its coverage of Gaza and gender issues.
Security adviser Grant Bowden evacuates Reuters photographer Raneen Sawafta following an Israeli settlers attack, near Nablus in the Israeli-occupied West Bank on Saturday.
WORLD
Nov 9, 2025
Israeli settlers attack Palestinians, journalists in West Bank, witnesses say
The area has been a flash point for settler attacks, which increased across the West Bank after the war in Gaza began two years ago.
White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt takes questions during a briefing in the Brady Briefing Room of the White House in Washington on Oct. 23.
WORLD / Politics
Nov 1, 2025
White House restricts access for journalists to press secretary’s office
The new memorandum from the National Security Council bans journalists from accessing Room 140, also known as “Upper Press,” without a prior appointment.
A sign hangs above desks used by the Burmese-language service in the offices of Radio Free Asia, following the termination of funding for the station, which broadcast in nine Asian languages, a day after U.S. President Donald Trump signed an executive order gutting the government-funded media outlet's parent and six other federal agencies, in Washington on March 15.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Oct 30, 2025
Radio Free Asia suspends operations after Trump cuts and U.S. shutdown
Long a thorn in Beijing’s side, RFA’s closure comes just as the U.S. president meets his Chinese counterpart on an Asia trip seeking better relations.
Despite responders to a Japan Press Research Institute survey ranking newspapers as among the most trustworthy sources, readership was in decline.
JAPAN
Oct 30, 2025
Online news increasingly consumed despite being viewed with skepticism
While online news was the most accessed news source, in terms of trustworthiness, it trails behind traditional media sources.
Much of the current media coverage is skewing the portrayal of Japan’s new prime minister, Sanae Takaichi, using inflammatory labels that distort public understanding and amplify foreign disinformation.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Oct 24, 2025
When media distortion threatens democratic stability
Systematic bias — employing loaded terminology and decontextualized narratives — undermines informed democratic discourse
A screen outside a Tokyo securities firm shows the Nikkei 225 Stock Average on Oct. 6. As Japan's financial markets reacted to Sanae Takaichi's Liberal Democratic Party presidential win, much of the media's focus was on the falling yen, downplaying the surge in equities to record highs.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Oct 12, 2025
Sanae Takaichi gets ‘the Abe treatment’
Given that she is frequently labeled a “Shinzo Abe protege,” the media coverage of her so far reminds me of how they reported on Abe himself throughout his second term.
The internet has become the main source of daily news in Japan, a survey has shown.
JAPAN / Society
Oct 12, 2025
Internet becomes Japan’s top daily news source for first time
The newspaper subscription rate fell 3.7 percentage points from a year earlier to 50.1%, continuing to decline since marking 88.6% in fiscal 2008, when the survey began.
‘My dream is broken’: Japan visa rules push out foreign residents
A man orders from a kebab shop in the Okubo district in Tokyo.
Thailand gets serious about chasing high-spending tourists
Chinese tourists at Wat Arun Ratchawararam Rathawaramahawihan in Bangkok
Murakami says his novels are ‘different’ from AI literature
Haruki Murakami's first book in three years hit shelves in Japan on Friday.
Japan’s princesses face life-altering legal revisions
Princess Aiko, the daughter of Emperor Naruhito, said in a 2022 news conference upon coming of age that she hopes to “spend a long time together” with her parents.
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.
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.  
Japan’s princesses face life-altering legal revisions
Princess Aiko, the daughter of Emperor Naruhito, said in a 2022 news conference upon coming of age that she hopes to “spend a long time together” with her parents.
Six of the best: rikishi of note in each sumo division
Kazuma (right) faces off against future <i>yokozuna</i> Onosato during the All Japan Amateur Sumo Championships at the Ryogoku Kokugikan in Tokyo in December 2020.

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