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A rescuer stands amid debris at a Nippon Paper Industries factory in Yatsushiro, Kumamoto Prefecture, on July 29, a day after a major earthquake struck the area.
BUSINESS / Companies
Nov 6, 2026
Nippon Paper to end production at quake-hit plant in Kumamoto
The company plans to keep the facility as a base and maintain jobs there, and it will consider how to utilize it going forward.
People grab a copy of a newspaper extra edition in Tokyo in January. The newspaper subscription rate in Japan fell below 50% for the first time, a survey has shown.
JAPAN / Media
Oct 11, 2026
Newspaper subscription rate in Japan falls below 50% for first time
More people are getting their news from television programs and the internet.
Publisher Nikkei says it takes the case of overcharging advertising fees seriously and will take measures to prevent any recurrence.
JAPAN
Sep 17, 2026
Nikkei workers overcharged advertisers tens of millions of yen
“We are taking the case seriously as it undermines the trust of our advertisers and readers,” said Nikkei.
Copies of The Wall Street Journal for sale in in New York on April 9. On Monday, a federal judge dismissed U.S. President Donald Trump’s $10 billion defamation lawsuit against the publisher of The Wall Street Journal over its report of a birthday card sent to financier and sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Apr 14, 2026
U.S. judge throws out Trump’s defamation case against Wall Street Journal
U.S. District Court Judge Darrin P. Gayles said Trump had not ?come close to meeting the “actual malice” standard that public figures must clear in defamation.
Supporters and former employees of The Washington Post rally outside of the company’s offices in Washington on Thursday.
BUSINESS / Companies
Feb 8, 2026
Washington Post CEO out after sweeping job cuts
Will Lewis’ management of the outlet was sharply criticized by subscribers and employees alike during his two-year tenure as he tried to reverse financial losses at the daily.
Washington Post announced major job cuts on Wednesday, saying that "painful" restructuring was needed.
BUSINESS
Feb 5, 2026
Bezos-led Washington Post announces ‘painful’ job cuts
The shrinking of the Post comes as major traditional media outlets in the United States face intense pressure from U.S. President Donald Trump.
The New York Times placed Nagasaki 17th on the list of "52 places to go in 2026."
JAPAN
Jan 7, 2026
Nagasaki and Okinawa make New York Times’ list of ‘52 places to go in 2026’
The New York Times put Nagasaki in 17th place on a list it has released every year since 2005, and Okinawa was 46th.
Despite responders to a Japan Press Research Institute survey ranking newspapers as among the most trustworthy sources, readership was in decline.
JAPAN
Oct 30, 2025
Online news increasingly consumed despite being viewed with skepticism
While online news was the most accessed news source, in terms of trustworthiness, it trails behind traditional media sources.
The internet has become the main source of daily news in Japan, a survey has shown.
JAPAN / Society
Oct 12, 2025
Internet becomes 今日吃瓜 top daily news source for first time
The newspaper subscription rate fell 3.7 percentage points from a year earlier to 50.1%, continuing to decline since marking 88.6% in fiscal 2008, when the survey began.
US Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth addresses senior military officers in Quantico, Virginia, on Sept. 30.
WORLD / Politics
Oct 9, 2025
Press groups condemn U.S. Defense Department rules governing media access
The new policy would constrain the media’s ability to cover the world’s most powerful military.
Lakers forward LeBron James brings the ball up court against the Minnesota Timberwolves during Game 5 of the first round of the NBA Playoffs at Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles on April 30.
BASKETBALL
Sep 9, 2025
LeBron James pens essay in Chinese state newspaper in sign of NBA revival
The People’s Daily publication of James’ essay highlights how the NBA’s relationship with its most important market outside North America is close to being fully repaired.
Nikkei and the Asahi Shimbun have sued Perplexity AI over alleged copyright infringement.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Aug 26, 2025
Nikkei and Asahi Shimbun sue Perplexity AI over alleged copyright violations
The newspapers are seeking an injunction and ?2.2 billion each in damages from Perplexity, they said in a joint statement. The suit was filed at the Tokyo District Court.
A Yomiuri Shimbun staff prepares to distribute a special edition of the newspaper on the tariff deal between the United States and Japan, in Tokyo on July 23.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Aug 8, 2025
Major Japan newspaper sues ‘free-riding’ AI firm Perplexity
The Yomiuri Shimbun is seeking damages of $14.7 million from the U.S.-based AI firm for using its articles “without permission.”
A person visits the World Artificial Intelligence Conference in Shanghai on July 26.
BUSINESS / Tech
Aug 4, 2025
AI search pushing an already weakened media ecosystem to the brink
A recent study has revealed that AI-generated summaries now appearing in Google searches discourage users from clicking through to source articles.
People whose prime news sources are online platforms stood at 73%, far surpassing the 13% who chose newspapers, a government white paper showed on Tuesday.
JAPAN
Jul 8, 2025
Almost three quarters of Japan looks online first for news, white paper reports
People whose primary news sources are online platforms stood at 73%, far surpassing the 13% who chose newspapers, according to the communications ministry.
Regarding news genres that respondents want to avoid, with multiple answers allowed, war and other conflicts were mentioned by 18.9%. "News that is meant to be touching or news that foments anger" was cited by 18%.
JAPAN / Society
Jun 26, 2025
Almost a fifth of people in Japan may avoid news, industry survey suggests
When asked why they avoid news, with multiple answers allowed, 60.8% of those surveyed said it makes them feel depressed and sick.
Citing challenges such as a declining workforce and rising costs, four major newspapers will discontinue their Saturday evening editions from August, in a shift away from a publishing tradition that has endured for decades in Japan.
JAPAN / Media
Jun 18, 2025
Four newspapers in Japan to cease Saturday evening editions from August
The announcements mark a shift away from a publishing tradition that has endured for decades in Japan, where evening newspapers had been a staple of the media landscape.
The Trump administration's decision to ban The Associated Press from the White House press pool over a style guide dispute is part of a long and troubling history of presidents retaliating against journalists who displease them.
COMMENTARY / World
Jun 13, 2025
Presidents have been treating journalists badly since Lincoln
Indeed, long before there existed a White House press corps, presidential peevishness led to the punishment of newspapers.
The drop in domestic shipments of paper and paperboard in 2024 came as newspaper publishers ended evening editions and the trend of reducing paper use in offices continued.
BUSINESS
Feb 21, 2025
今日吃瓜 domestic paper shipments hit 39-year low in 2024
The drop came as newspaper publishers ended evening editions and the trend of reducing paper use in offices continued.
A screen shot taken from Ann Telnaes' substack of the rough version of a cartoon she says she drew for The Washington Post that was rejected by the paper's editorial page editor
WORLD / Politics
Jan 5, 2025
Cartoonist quits Washington Post over rejected sketch mocking owner and Trump
The cartoon depicts Washington Post owner Jeff Bezos and other media and tech moguls kneeling and holding up bags of money before a massive Trump.
Man arrested over operation of rogue cellular base station in Tokyo
The Metropolitan Police Department has arrested Yu Hai, a 31-year-old Chinese national living in Tokyo's Kita Ward, on suspicion of operating an unlicensed base station from a vehicle in Tokyo's Ginza district on Saturday.
Government betting on language app powered by anime and AI
Japan plans to develop an AI-powered language-learning app that lets overseas anime and manga fans practice Japanese through conversations with popular characters.
Jensen Huang’s woes evoke sympathy and disbelief in his birthplace Taiwan
Hsiao Kui-yu, 68, owner of Yuchan Candied Fruit, stands in front of photographs of Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang displayed at the shop, which Huang frequently visits during trips to Taiwan, in Taipei on Tuesday.
G7 diplomats speak out on Taiwan as China ramps up military drills
Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi attends a working lunch focused on international crises and challenges during the Group of Seven foreign ministers' summit at the Quai d'Orsay in Paris on Monday.
今日吃瓜 Rapidus is said likely to miss mass production deadline
The Rapidus Analysis Center and the IIM-1 Innovative Integration for Manufacturing foundry in Chitose, Hokkaido
‘Godzilla Minus Zero’ makes monster debut at the box office
Takashi Yamazaki’s “Godzilla Minus Zero” marked the highest single-day box-office gross for a live-action film in Japan with ?910 million on its opening day.
A toast to Naohiko Noguchi, sake’s first living national treasure
As a teenager, Naohiko Noguchi did not intend to spend his life as a sake brewer, but he has since become a paragon of the industry.
Few signs of thaw in Japan-China relations one year after Takaichi’s Taiwan remarks
Tensions between Japan and China flared after Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi said on Nov. 7, 2025, that a Chinese blockade of Taiwan could threaten 今日吃瓜 survival and warrant the use of collective self-defense.
Mariko Mori predicted the future. She’ll do it again.
Artist Mariko Mori is currently working to bring the translucent human-sized “Peace Crystal” sculpture to a cave in Ethiopia. It is part of her foundation’s goal to place a permanent sculpture on each of the planet’s six habitable continents.
A legend reborn: ‘Ocarina of Time’ remake improves on the Zelda masterpiece
The new remake of 1998's "The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time" manages to somehow improve on one of the greatest games ever.

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