Media
- Press freedom, Japan, Newspapers & magazines, Espionage, World news, Media, Asia Pacific, China, Newspapers
China sentences journalist to seven years on spy charges, family says
Dong Yuyu was detained in 2022 after meeting Japanese diplomats named agents of ‘espionage organisation’A vete…
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As Hello Kitty turns 50 her cuteness is still earning £3.1bn a year
Japanese character said to be second-highest grossing media franchise after Pokémon is also a TikTok superstar…
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Japan broadcaster apologises after disputed Senkaku Islands called ‘Chinese territory’ on air
Unscripted remarks about the Japanese-administered islands were made during during a Chinese-language programm…
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China’s tech firms vow crackdown on online hate speech after knife attack
Clampdown follows fatal stabbing of Chinese woman who tried to stop attack on Japanese mother and childChina’s…
- Philip Morris International, Tobacco industry, Peer review and scientific publishing, Japan, Global health, Society, Business, Global development, Health, World news, Media, Asia Pacific, Marketing & PR, Science
Tobacco giant accused of ‘manipulating science’ to attract non-smokers
Leaked documents from Philip Morris reveal ‘secret’ strategy to market its heated tobacco product IQOSThe toba…
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Netflix released Takashi Miike’s new film without telling anyone. Please stop doing this! | Stuart Heritage
Lumberjack the Monster, the Japanese director’s long-awaited return to out-and-out horror, is a huge event. So…
- Japan, Hayao Miyazaki, Studio Ghibli, World news, Media, Asia Pacific, Marketing & PR, Culture, Animation in film, Film
Studio Ghibli to release Hayao Miyazaki’s final film with no trailers or promotion
The director and veteran of Studio Ghibli plans to retire after the release of How Do You Live? which will for…
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‘Constant and reassuring’: global media reaction to the death of the Queen
New York Times says Elizabeth II ‘projected stability’; Japan’s Asahi Shimbun says she ‘cared about post-war r…
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Japan’s Prince Akishino lambasts media for saying ‘terrible things’ about his daughter
The heir to the Chrysanthemum throne lashes out at criticism of Mako’s marriage to a commonerPrince Akishino, …
- Japan, Technology, Apps, Netflix, Apple, US news, Spotify, Computing, World news, Media, Digital music and audio, Asia Pacific, UK news, Internet
Apple concedes on ‘anticompetitive’ restrictions in App Store
‘Reader apps’ such as Spotify, Netflix and Kindle will be able to share links to help users manage accountsApp…
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Wider, stronger, longer: Channel 4’s coverage will break Paralympic record
With more than 17 hours of daily sport, the broadcaster is claiming to have the world’s best Tokyo packageWhen…
- Japan, Technology, Artificial intelligence (AI), Tokyo Olympic Games 2020, Olympic Games, Media, Asia Pacific, Robots, Sport, Basketball
Tokyo diary: the heat is truly on – and a basketball-playing robot holds court
Toyota’s giant AI robot is halftime’s hottest attraction … and the weather gods are having a ballSpectators ar…
- Japan, Technology, BBC, Tokyo Olympic Games 2020, Olympic Games, US news, World news, Media, Asia Pacific, Television & radio, Television industry, Television, UK news, Culture, Sport
BBC Olympics coverage misses events after loss of TV rights
Viewers complain after rights-holder Discovery puts majority of events behind paywallThe BBC has received a la…
- Japan, Tokyo Olympic Games 2020, Olympic Games, Coronavirus, Media, Asia Pacific, South Korea, Sport
Tokyo diary: South Korea and Japan turn back the clock
The two countries revived Olympic tradition and former colonial tensions with politically charged gestures• Wi…
- Toyota, Japan, Tokyo Olympic Games 2020, Olympic Games, Automotive industry, Business, World news, Media, Asia Pacific, Sport
Toyota scraps Olympics TV adverts amid lukewarm support in Japan
Tokyo 2020 sponsor’s executives pull out of opening ceremony Czech beach volleyball player tests positive in O…
- Japan, Amazon, Tax, BBC, Politics, YouTube, Business, Radio, Media, Television & radio, Television, UK news, Culture
Can the BBC survive by opening up? | Letters
Former MP Derek Wyatt thinks the BBC needs to evolve quickly in order to survive, while Don Keller says the br…
- Japan, Drama films, Science fiction and fantasy films, Studio Ghibli, Netflix, World news, Media, Asia Pacific, Television & radio, Television, Culture, Animation in film, Film
Every Studio Ghibli film – ranked!
In a bonus edition, we rank all 21 animations – from Spirited Away to Ponyo – by the revered Japanese studio, …
- Music, Pop and rock, Japan, Technology, Media, Asia Pacific, UK news, Internet, Culture, Digital media, Music industry
Hatsune Miku review – hologram star fires up crowdsourced power pop
O2 Academy, Brixton, LondonThe virtual Vocaloid singer gives online devotees a non-stop real-world rave and a …
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Isoko Mochizuki, the ‘troublesome’ thorn in Shinzo Abe’s side
Tokyo Shimbun journalist says she is buoyed by ‘ordinary people’ to shrug off abuse and efforts by Abe’s admin…
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Michael Wolf obituary
Photographer who concentrated on the high-density architecture of Hong KongAfter moving on from a successful c…