Journalism in Japan
Japanese newspapers are unique
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Major Japanese newspapers circulate all over the nation.
They have much more circulations because of that.
Some regional Japanese newspapers are dependent on them, and the others are independent. -
Major Japanese newspapers are published by independent companies.
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Major Japanese newspapers are tied to TV stations.
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Japan has few journalism education in universities (e.g. Waseda)
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Japanese newspaper companies are structured based on traditional seniority
Categories
Straight news
- reports a breaking news
- structured with W5H (Who, What, Where, When, Why, and How)
- has a lede, main point, and summary
Opinion
- The opinion of the company
- Starts strong, finish strong
Investigatives
- shows the impact of the story
Features
- non-hard news
- more narrative
