News and Media

Topix: Japan - News from Japan gathered from various sources on the web. [RSS]
http://www.topix.com/rss/world/japan.xml

News On Japan - Daily news on Japan. Topics include business, Internet, economy, politics, society, stocks and technology.
http://www.newsonjapan.com/

Live Radio and Television from Japan - Watch Japanese television and listen to radio broadcasts from Japan in Japanese and English. This site offers a selection of streaming audio and video broadcasts.
http://broadcast-live.com/japan.html

Japan Newspaper Association - Official site for the Nihon Shinbun Kyokai, with statistics on Japanese newspapers, circulation, and readership.
http://www.pressnet.or.jp/english/index.htm

Japan's Press Clubs as Information Cartels - Study of how Japan's media functions as a cartel and how important news is often suppressed.
http://www.jpri.org/publications/workingpapers/wp18.html

NeepTV - A database of radio and TV broadcasting live from Japan.
http://www.neeptv.com/tv.asp?cid=Japan

Columbia Journalism Review - East Meets West in the Newsroom - CJR expose on the differences in reporting news in the US and Japan.
http://archives.cjr.org/year/94/2/nhk.asp

Japan Congress of Journalists (JCJ) - An independent professional organization that journalists join individually and voluntarily to preserve world peace through journalistic work, preserve freedom of speech and the press, and promote mutual understanding among journalists.
http://www.jcj.gr.jp/e_index.html

GLOCOM Platform - News, opinions, debates and forums on Japan's politics, international relations, economics, business, IT, and other current issues.
http://www.glocom.org/

Nippon News Press Agency - Online reports on Japan for professional media in French and in English.
http://www.nipponnews.net

Officialdom and the Press: Too Clubby in Japan? - Examines how Japan's press club system stifles the free flow of news and usually just presents what the government wants the people to hear. [Free registration required.] <small>(May 19, 2004)</small>
http://www.nytimes.com/2004/05/19/international/asia/19lett.html

A Veteran American Journalist Looks at the Japanese Media - U.S. journalist Sam Jameson examines the nature of the Japanese media, press club system, changes, as well as media sensationalism and irresponsibility.
http://www.jpri.org/publications/workingpapers/wp40.html

Japan News - Topix - News on Japan continually updated from thousands of sources around the net.
http://www.topix.com/world/japan

Japan News.net - Japan news headlines, financial markets, sport and weather. Access Japan newspapers, travel, hotels and a map of Japan.
http://thejapannews.net/

Kansai International Media Forum - All-volunteer non-profit organization for Kansai area journalists.
http://www.x-9.com/kimf/