Now that The Japan Times is being distributed together with the International New York Times, the advisory board members agreed that there should be a newsroom shift toward even more coverage of Japan.
Lin Kobayashi, founder of International School of Asia, Karuizawa, said increased reporting on Japan was a win-win situation for the paper.
"That's where you can have an edge as one of the very few English newspapers in Japan. Foreigners want to know what's happening in Japan," she said.
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