News and Media
This category is for sites on Japanese news, magazines, and information on events in Japan.
Broadcasters in Japan
- Index of tv and radio broadcasters in Japan.http://www.bi.a.u-tokyo.ac.jp/~no/bcast-e.html
Columbia Journalism Review - East Meets West in the Newsroom
- CJR expose on the differences in reporting news in the US and Japan.http://archives.cjr.org/year/94/2/nhk.asp
GLOCOM Platform
- News, opinions, debates and forums on Japan's politics, international relations, economics, business, IT, and other current issues.http://www.glocom.org/
Japan Congress of Journalists (JCJ)
- An independent professional organization that journalists join individually and voluntarily to preserve world peace through journalistic work, preserve freedom of speech and the press, and promote mutual understanding among journalists.http://www.jcj.gr.jp/e_index.html
Japan News - Topix
- News on Japan continually updated from thousands of sources around the net.http://www.topix.com/world/japan
- Japan News.net - Japan news headlines, financial
- markets, sport and weather. Access Japan newspapers, travel, hotels and a map of Japan.
Japan Newspaper Association
- Official site for the Nihon Shinbun Kyokai, with statistics on Japanese newspapers, circulation, and readership.http://www.pressnet.or.jp/english/index.htm
Japan's Press Clubs as Information Cartels
- Study of how Japan's media functions as a cartel and how important news is often suppressed.http://www.jpri.org/publications/workingpapers/wp18.html
Kansai International Media Forum
- All-volunteer non-profit organization for Kansai area journalists.http://www.x-9.com/kimf/
- Live Radio and Television from Japan Watch Japanese television and listen to radio broadcasts from Japan in Japanese and English. This site offers a selection of streaming audio and video broadcasts.
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