Japan Today
| Type | Online |
|---|---|
| Owner(s) | GPlusMedia |
| Editor | Chris Betros |
| Founded | 2000 |
| Language | English |
| Headquarters | Tokyo, Japan |
| Website |
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Japan Today is an online newspaper based in Tokyo, Japan.[1] Launched in September 2000, Japan Today publishes wire articles, press releases, and photographs, as well as opinion and contract pieces, such as company profiles, in English. Japan Today is a fully owned brand by GPlus Media Co. Ltd., which also owns Gaijinpot.com, RealEstate.co.jp, and other on-line based enterprises.[2]
Criticism
In October 2015 a viral video titled Black in Japan [3] released by Youtube User Rachel & Jun on youtube raised the issued of racism in Japan. In an interview by OWJ News Analyst Maurice Yandiorio told that the newspaper systematically carries out manufactured racism by underlining people's occupation or ethnic origin in crime related articles.[4] The Analyst then explains that the attitude used by Japan Today is quite normal as virtually all major international newspapers tends de facto to discriminate, although Japan culture descrimination is also based on the occupation of the individual.
References
- ↑ "About JapanToday". Japan Today. Retrieved 9 July 2013.
- ↑ "About Us". Retrieved 30 January 2015.
- ↑ Black in Japan at Youtube Video
- ↑ What is like to be Black in Japan? at OWJ News