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| * Philip Brasor, (Media Mix) media columnist, music writer | * Philip Brasor, (Media Mix) media columnist, music writer | ||
| * Amy Chavez, (Japan Lite) columnist | * Amy Chavez, (Japan Lite) columnist | ||
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| * Hifumi Okunuki, labor law scholar | * Hifumi Okunuki, labor law scholar | ||
| * Dreux Richard, immigration reporter, investigator | * Dreux Richard, immigration reporter, investigator | ||
| * Mark Schilling, film critic | * ], film critic | ||
| * Mark Schreiber, media columnist, book critic | * Mark Schreiber, media columnist, book critic | ||
| * Kaori Shoji, film critic | * Kaori Shoji, film critic | ||
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| Type | Daily newspaper |
|---|---|
| Format | Broadsheet |
| Owner(s) | Nifco |
| Publisher | Toshiaki Ogasawara |
| President | Takeharu Tsutsumi |
| Managing editor | Takashi Kitazume |
| Staff writers | Approx. 160 |
| Founded | 1897 |
| Language | English |
| Headquarters | Tokyo and Osaka, Japan |
| ISSN | 0447-5763 |
| OCLC number | 21225620 |
| Website | www |
The Japan Times is an English-language newspaper published in Japan by The Japan Times, Ltd. (株式会社 ジャパン タイムズ, Kabushiki gaisha Japan Taimuzu), a subsidiary of Nifco, a leading manufacturer of plastic fasteners for the automotive and home design industries. It is headquartered in the Japan Times Nifco Building (ジャパンタイムズ・ニフコビル, Japan Taimuzu Nifuko Biru) in Shibaura, Minato, Tokyo.
History
The Japan Times was launched by Motosada Zumoto on March 22, 1897 with the goal of giving Japanese an opportunity to read and discuss news and current events in English in order to help Japan to participate more fully in the international community. It was successively renamed The Japan Times and Mail (1918–1940) following its merger with The Japan Mail, The Japan Times and Advertiser (1940–1943) following its merger with The Japan Advertiser, and Nippon Times (1943–1956) before reverting to the Japan Times title in 1956.
At first, the paper was independent of government control, but from 1931 onward, the Japanese government was mounting pressure on the paper's editors to submit to its policies. In 1933, the Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs managed to appoint Hitoshi Ashida, former Ministry official, as chief editor. During World War II, the newspaper served as an outlet for Imperial Japanese government propaganda and editorial opinion. The paper's circulation at that time was about 825,000.
Nifco, a manufacturer of automotive fasteners, acquired control of The Japan Times in 1996. Nifco chairman Toshiaki Ogasawara is also the chairman and publisher of The Japan Times. His daughter Yukiko Ogasawara was president of the company from 2006 to 2012, when she was replaced by career Japan Times staffer Takeharu Tsutsumi.
Content
The Japan Times, Inc. publishes three periodicals: The Japan Times, an English-language daily broadsheet; The Japan Times Weekly, an English-language weekly in tabloid form; and Shukan ST, a weekly in tabloid format, targeted at Japanese learning English. The daily's content includes:
- News: domestic and world news; domestic and overseas business news.
- Opinion: Editorials, Op-eds and Letters to the Editor.
- Features: life and style, community, media, technology, food and drink, travel, environment, education, cartoons.
- Entertainment: film, art, music, stage, books, event previews, festival listing.
- Sports: domestic and overseas sports news, including coverage of baseball, soccer, basketball, sumo, figure skating.
From 16 October 2013 the Japan Times has been printed and sold along with the International New York Times.
Web
Printed stories from The Japan Times are archived online. The newspaper contains a reader's forum, and since 2013 the website offers a section for readers' comments below articles. This came about during a complete redesign and redevelopment of the newspaper, using Responsive Web Design techniques so that the site is optimised for all digital devices. The Japan Times has a social media presence on Twitter (2007), Facebook (2007) and Google+ (2011).
Regular contributors
- Debito Arudou, (Just Be Cause) columnist
- Philip Brasor, (Media Mix) media columnist, music writer
- Amy Chavez, (Japan Lite) columnist
- Gregory Clark, commentary writer
- Sir Hugh Cortazzi, commentary writer
- David Cozy, literary critic
- Roger Dahl, Opinion Page cartoonist, Zero Gravity cartoonist
- Thomas Dillon
- Brad Glosserman, commentary writer
- Alice Gordenker, (So, What the Heck is That?) columnist
- Giovanni Fazio, film critic
- Wayne Graczyk, baseball writer
- Michael Hoffmann, (Big in Japan) media columnist
- Noriko Hama, business columnist
- Makiko Itoh (Japanese Kitchen), food writer
- Misha Janette, (Stylewise) fashion columnist
- Judit Kawaguchi (Words to Live By)
- Matthew Larking, art critic
- C.B. Liddell, art critic
- David McNeill, feature writer
- Jon Mitchell, Okinawa, military contamination, social issues
- Hifumi Okunuki, labor law scholar
- Dreux Richard, immigration reporter, investigator
- Mark Schilling, film critic
- Mark Schreiber, media columnist, book critic
- Kaori Shoji, film critic
- Steve McClure, music critic
- Jean Snow, (On Design) design columnist
- Robbie Swinnerton, (Tokyo Food File), food writer
- Peter Vecsey, sports columnist
Former contributors
- Monty DiPietro, art critic
- John Gauntner, Nihonshu columnist
- Don Maloney (author)
- Donald Richie, book, film critic
- Edward Seidensticker
- Robert Yellin Ceramic Scene columnist
- Jean Pearce, Community columnist
Employee unions
Staff at The Japan Times are represented by two unions, one of which is Tozen.
Other
- Motto: "All the News Without Fear or Favor", "The World's Window on Japan"
- Chairperson: Toshiaki Ogasawara (小笠原 敏晶, Ogasawara Toshiaki)
- Capital: ¥476,437,000
- Business: Publishes The Japan Times, The Japan Times Weekly, Shukan ST (a bilingual weekly), books in English and Japanese
See also
References
- "Map to the Japan Times." (Image) The Japan Times. Retrieved 15 October 2011. "4-5-4 Shibaura Minato-ku"
- "Map to The Japan Times." (Japanese version, Image) The Japan Times. Retrieved 15 October 2011. "ジャパンタイムズ・ニフコビル 港区芝浦4-5-4"
- ^ Kamiya, Setsuko, "Japan Times not just wartime mouthpiece", The Japan Times, 13 August 2011, p. 3.
- Peter O'Connor, The Japan Times at War Time: Mouth piece or Moderator?
- "Company History". Nifco. Retrieved 2 August 2013.
- About Us The Japan Times.
- "Newspaper Sizes". Paper Sizes. Retrieved 2 December 2014.
- "English daily". The Japan Times Online. The Japan Times. Retrieved 16 October 2011."English weekly". The Japan Times Online. The Japan Times. Retrieved 16 October 2011.
- Japan Times “The Japan Times / International New York Times” to launch tomorrow; commemorative event scheduled for 23 October, 15 October 2013
- "Twitter account"."Facebook account". Retrieved 16 October 2011."Google+ account". Retrieved 16 October 2011.
- "Tozen - The Japan Times". Tozen. 7 August 2010. Retrieved 7 August 2010.
