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Synopsis This chapter takes the major war-related media issues during the postwar (as listed in general chronologies of Japanese history) and illustrates the diversity of stances concerning these issues in Japan's national press. The reporting of the textbook, Yasukuni, apology and repatriation issues (among others) in the Yomiuri, Asahi, Mainichi, Nikkei and Sankei newspapers is compared. |
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General Sources For basic industry data, see The Japan Newspapers Publishers and Editors Association webpage and the yearly report The Power of Newspapers produced by the Daily Yomiuri (downloadable as a pdf file). Also cited in the chapter is industry data from the Nikkei Newspaper. Links to many of the regional papers are at Daily Earth. Japan's newspapers in comparison to other international newspapers can be seen at the World Association of Newspapers website. There is also a newspaper museum in Yokohama called Newspark. The version of the Yomiuri's databook cited in the book is no longer available on the Yomiuri's site. It can be downloaded here: |
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The three sites giving background information on the 'comfort women' issue referred to (in footnotes) in the chapter are: The Korean Council for the Women Drafted for Military Sexual Slavery by Japan |
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The main quality national newspapers are listed below. The comments refer specifically to war-related reporting and not necessarily stances on other social and political issues (in addition to chapter four in Japan's Contested War Memories, see my paper in Japanese Studies for a detailed case study of these newspapers' reporting on the 'comfort women issue'). |
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