English-language newspapers in East Asia provide unique perspectives on political, economic and cultural news in the region to a global community where English is the dominant tongue, speakers at a Tokyo symposium said Saturday.
The symposium, organized jointly by The Japan Times and the University of Tokyo, was aimed at exchanging opinions on the roles English-language newspapers play in promoting globalization in East Asia.
"Newspapers written in their mother languages usually tend to lean over to a conservative and nationalist approach on various issues," said Kaori Hayashi, an associate professor of journalism at the University of Tokyo.
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