On March 24, the Japan Newspaper Publishers & Editors Association (Pressnet) announced the results of its January 2022 Newspaper Audience Survey, which probes the frequency of media usage and media reliability. A total of 1,243 men and women age 15 through 79 nationwide submitted valid responses. Asked if the time they spend using media has increased since COVID-19 appeared in….Read more

Okinawa Times wrote that the government of the town of Kadena prohibited the media on Monday from using an observation deck located on the fourth floor of a new building at a roadside rest station in the town that was opened to the public on Jan. 14. The paper wrote that people connected to the media have regularly visited the….Read more

BY TOMOHIRO OSAKI, STAFF WRITER   In this era of fake news and COVID-19 misinformation, social media giants — and the amplified role they can play in shaping public opinion — have come under intense scrutiny worldwide.   A similar kind of social media reckoning is now catching up with Japan, too, after a recent string of events has accelerated….Read more

By Uchihata Tsugumasa   The Lower House has been dissolved and the election campaign period started on Oct. 19. The nation will go to the polls on Oct. 31 to vote in the first general election in four years. It will also be the first election held during the COVID-19 pandemic. In addition to the spread of the virus, Japan….Read more

Approximately two in three people object to targeted advertisements on the internet, according to a recent nationwide survey on the media published Thursday by The Yomiuri Shimbun   The findings come from a Yomiuri Shimbun survey conducted from Aug. 17 to Sept. 22 canvassing 3,000 people across the country. Of them, 2,140, or 71%, responded.   Targeted advertising involves showing….Read more