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MEDIA

WORLD
Dec 17, 2016
U.S. to disclose estimate of number of Americans under surveillance
The U.S. intelligence community will soon disclose an estimate of the number of Americans whose electronic communications have been caught in the crosshairs of online surveillance programs intended for foreigners, U.S. lawmakers said in a letter seen by Reuters on Friday.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 6, 2016
Trump’s war on the press
One of the biggest conflicts in Washington next year will be the one between the mainstream media and the most anti-press president since at least Richard Nixon.
WORLD
Dec 1, 2016
FBI to gain expanded hacking powers as Senate effort to block fails
A last-ditch effort in the Senate to block or delay rule changes that would expand the U.S. government’s hacking powers failed Wednesday, despite concerns that the changes would jeopardize the privacy rights of innocent Americans and risk possible abuse by the incoming administration of President-elect...
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Nov 24, 2016
AppNexus bans Breitbart from ad exchange, citing hate speech
Breitbart News, the outlet once led by U.S. President-elect Donald Trump’s chief strategist, has been blocked by one of the largest advertising exchanges serving digital publishers due to hate speech.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Nov 23, 2016
One year after Nikkei deal, FT eyes acquisitions to strengthen digital subscriptions
The Financial Times is in talks to buy companies that strengthen its digital subscription business as the newspaper capitalizes on greater financial support from its new owner, Japan’s Nikkei Inc., FT Chief Executive Officer John Ridding said.
Japan Times
LIFE / Language / BILINGUAL
Nov 14, 2016
Japanese translators forced to grab the Trump bull by the horns
A look at how the U.S. president-elect’s words have been relayed in Japanese may help explain the source of uncertainty and concern here about his election.
Japan Times
JAPAN / CHUBU CONNECTION
Nov 14, 2016
Nagoya finds no such thing as bad publicity after own survey deems it most unpopular
Nagoya has been featured heavily in magazines and TV programs recently as the city that people hate the most.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Media
Nov 10, 2016
BuzzFeed Japan: Getting it right in the echo chamber of online news
In a world where users have access to torrents of online information, BuzzFeed Japan sees vetting and correcting stories published by other media as one of its major reasons for being.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Media
Nov 10, 2016
NewsPicks: Staying ahead of ‘old media’ with financial news focusing on tech trends
NewsPicks is a Japan-oriented financial news website focused on new technologies and IT, using corporate reporters to target young, tech-savvy readers.
WORLD / Politics
Nov 3, 2016
Ku Klux Klan newspaper declares support for Trump
A Ku Klux Klan newspaper has declared support for Donald Trump’s Republican run for U.S. president, saying America became great because it was a white, Christian republic.
Japan Times
WORLD
Oct 31, 2016
In latest crackdown, Turkey sacks 10,000 more civil servants, closes more media outlets
Turkey said it has dismissed a further 10,000 civil servants and closed 15 more media outlets over suspected links with terrorist organizations and U.S.-based cleric Fethullah Gulen, blamed by Ankara for orchestrating a failed coup in July.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Oct 23, 2016
Trump uses policy speech to attack media, promises to sue accusers of sexual assault
U.S. Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump promised on Saturday to foil a proposed deal for AT&T to buy Time Warner if he wins the Nov. 8 election, arguing it was an example of a “power structure” rigged against both him and voters.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Oct 22, 2016
AT&T agrees in principle to buy Time Warner for $85 billion
AT&T has reached an agreement in principle to buy Time Warner for about $85 billion, sources said on Friday, paving the way for the biggest deal in the world this year. The agreement would give the telecom company control of the cable TV channels HBO and CNN, the film studio Warner Bros. and other coveted...
WORLD
Oct 18, 2016
Kremlin-backed TV channel cries censorship in U.K. banking row
Russia accused Britain of political censorship Monday after a British state-owned bank withdrew its services from Kremlin-backed Russian broadcaster RT.
ASIA PACIFIC
Oct 12, 2016
Chinese TV station apologizes for showing map excluding Taiwan
A Chinese television station has apologized after showing a map on a talent show that did not include self-ruled Taiwan as being part of China, one of Beijing’s most sensitive political issues.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Oct 11, 2016
TV audience sharply down for second Trump-Clinton debate, despite tape furor
The television audience for the second debate between White House contenders Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton fell sharply from their first, record-breaking encounter, despite the drama caused by a 2005 video of Trump boasting about groping women.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Issues / THE FOREIGN ELEMENT
Oct 5, 2016
Japan’s English-language print media feel the pinch
Publications struggle for relevance in a world where news is available free, to all, all the time.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Oct 4, 2016
Therapists recommend worried Americans pull plug on stressful election news or take up yoga
Stop reading the news and take up yoga. That’s what some therapists in the United States are telling patients stressed out by a nasty presidential campaign in which two unpopular candidates are in a tight race for the most powerful office in the world.
Japan Times
WORLD
Sep 25, 2016
Probe of leaked U.S. NSA hacking tools examines operatives’ ‘mistake
A U.S. investigation into a leak of hacking tools used by the National Security Agency is focusing on a theory that one of its operatives carelessly left them available on a remote computer and Russian hackers found them, four people with direct knowledge of the probe said.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Issues / THE FOREIGN ELEMENT
Sep 21, 2016
Body image and the foreign female in Japan: survey shows frustration with one-size-fits-all thinking
Survey of nearly 600 women reveals that many feel society places pressure on them to meet narrow Japanese definition of beauty.

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