by Sydney Smith on Jan 29, 2020
Japan Times retracts story speculating on figure skater’s health
The Japan Times published a story that, according to the newspaper's editors, "disrespected the privacy and dignity" of figure skater...
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by Sydney Smith on Dec 29, 2019
Japanese public broadcaster claimed North Korea launched missile in a training error
Japanese public broadcaster NHK likely alarmed many readers and listeners when it issued a news bulletin saying North Korea launched...
by Sydney Smith on Jan 29, 2019
Japanese magazine ranked ease of sex at universities
Japanese weekly tabloid magazine Spa! published an offensive article last month that listed the easiest universities to get women to...
by Sydney Smith on Sep 28, 2018
Japanese mag Shincho 45 to shut down after anti-LGBT article
Japanese monthly magazine Shincho 45 published an article that claimed LGBT people do not "produce children" and "lack productivity, and therefore, do...
by Sydney Smith on Jan 16, 2018
Japanese public broadcaster NHK tweets fake North Korean missile alert
A North Korean missile heading to Japan? Japanese public broadcaster NHK terrified millions of people on Jan. 16 when it...
by Sydney Smith on May 31, 2017
Denver Post sportswriter tweeted Japanese win of Indy 500 made him ‘very uncomfortable,’ loses job
The Denver Post fired sportswriter Terry Frei after he tweeted it made him "very uncomfortable" that Japanese driver Takuma Sato won...
by Sydney Smith on Mar 15, 2016
Google Changes ‘Right to be Forgotten’ in EU, Japan Orders Google to Remove some Search Listings
Google is getting rid of a way around the "Right to Be Forgotten" in the European Union. As iMediaEthics has previously...
by Sydney Smith on Apr 13, 2015
Plagiarism found in Japanese Newspaper Sankei Shimbun sports news, 3 journalists punished
Japanese newspaper the Sankei Shimbun has "disciplined" three staffers after the newspaper was accused of plagiarism, the Japan Times reported....
by Sydney Smith on Apr 04, 2015
After scandals, 4 Public Editors hired by Asahi Shimbun, Japan’s 2nd largest newspaper
Japan's Asahi Shimbun will name Shiro Nakamura as its first ever in-house public editor next month, the newspaper told iMediaEthics....
by Sydney Smith on Jan 30, 2015
Japan newspaper Asahi Shimbun hiring Public Editor after 3 Scandals, Law Suits
Japanese newspaper The Asahi Shimbun is starting a public editor position to handle reader complaints and reactions, the paper announced...