The Japan Times announced Thursday that it has established The Japan Times Media Advisory Board, appointing four distinguished individuals living in Japan to improve the quality of the newspaper and its reportage.
The advisory board members, whose terms start Friday and will continue for two years, will monitor the newspaper's reporting and provide feedback to the newsroom.
The board members are John Einarsen, editor of Kyoto Journal; Ichiro Fujisaki, former ambassador to the United States; Lin Kobayashi, co-founder of International School of Asia Karuizawa, in Nagano Prefecture; and William H. Saito, president of InTecur.
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