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MEDIA

WORLD
Oct 18, 2016
Kremlin-backed TV channel cries censorship in U.K. banking row
Russia accused Britain of political censorship Monday after a British state-owned bank withdrew its services from Kremlin-backed Russian broadcaster RT.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Oct 14, 2016
Journalism students headed for Kyoto in cultural exchange
Journalism students from universities will have the opportunity to travel to Kyoto and report on Japan with the help of local peers under a new cultural exchange initiative launched recently.
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Oct 12, 2016
U.S. police used Facebook, Twitter data to track protesters: ACLU
U.S. police departments used location data and other user information from Twitter, Facebook and Instagram to track protesters in Ferguson, Missouri, and Baltimore, according to a report from the American Civil Liberties Union on Tuesday.
ASIA PACIFIC
Oct 12, 2016
Chinese TV station apologizes for showing map excluding Taiwan
A Chinese television station has apologized after showing a map on a talent show that did not include self-ruled Taiwan as being part of China, one of Beijing's most sensitive political issues.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Oct 11, 2016
TV audience sharply down for second Trump-Clinton debate, despite tape furor
The television audience for the second debate between White House contenders Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton fell sharply from their first, record-breaking encounter, despite the drama caused by a 2005 video of Trump boasting about groping women.
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Oct 7, 2016
Classified ads website CEO arrested over sex trafficking allegations
Carl Ferrer, chief executive of the advertising website Backpage.com, was arrested on Thursday on criminal charges including pimping, as authorities investigate the company, which has been accused of facilitating sex trafficking of minors.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Issues / THE FOREIGN ELEMENT
Oct 5, 2016
Japan's English-language print media feel the pinch
Publications struggle for relevance in a world where news is available free, to all, all the time.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Oct 4, 2016
Therapists recommend worried Americans pull plug on stressful election news or take up yoga
Stop reading the news and take up yoga. That's what some therapists in the United States are telling patients stressed out by a nasty presidential campaign in which two unpopular candidates are in a tight race for the most powerful office in the world.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Sep 27, 2016
Trump's debate sniffs take off on social media
Republican White House candidate Donald Trump stole the social media spotlight during Monday night's U.S. presidential debate on at least one count — what Twitter users branded his #Trumpsniffle.
Japan Times
WORLD
Sep 25, 2016
Probe of leaked U.S. NSA hacking tools examines operatives' 'mistake
A U.S. investigation into a leak of hacking tools used by the National Security Agency is focusing on a theory that one of its operatives carelessly left them available on a remote computer and Russian hackers found them, four people with direct knowledge of the probe said.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Issues / THE FOREIGN ELEMENT
Sep 21, 2016
Body image and the foreign female in Japan: survey shows frustration with one-size-fits-all thinking
Survey of nearly 600 women reveals that many feel society places pressure on them to meet narrow Japanese definition of beauty.
Japan Times
WORLD
Sep 15, 2016
Hidden data: the new weapon that could beat hunger
With a single smartphone app, you can now get a pretty accurate forecast of the weather anywhere in the world. That is largely thanks to a decision by science agencies, a decade ago, to put online their satellite data and make it available for free.
WORLD
Sep 14, 2016
Ad thanking Chile's military during dictatorship causes stir
A two-page newspaper advertisement in Chile commemorating members of the armed forces killed during the military dictatorship from 1973 to 1990 is causing a stir in a country still divided by its history.
ASIA PACIFIC
Aug 30, 2016
China regulator to curb news that promotes 'Western lifestyles'
China will crack down on social and entertainment news that promotes improper values and "Western lifestyles," the country's broadcasting regulator said, the latest effort at censorship in an already strictly regulated media environment.
Japan Times
WORLD
Aug 27, 2016
Thailand frees prominent activist after eight years behind bars over royal insult
Thailand has freed a political activist after eight years in jail for insulting the country's widely revered monarchy under its draconian royal defamation laws.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Media / BIG IN JAPAN
Aug 27, 2016
Japan's super-rich: fun to envy, difficult to emulate
Japanese multimillionaires are the object of intense study by members of the country's middle class, especially those who entertain probably unrealistic hopes of emulating them.
WORLD
Aug 26, 2016
Don't count on technology to save you in a disaster; planning is better: researchers
Newfound enthusiasm for the latest technologies, such as drones and smartphones, to improve the way aid is provided to people in disasters may be overblown, experts warn.
WORLD / Politics
Aug 16, 2016
Fix campaign or step aside, Wall Street Journal tells Trump
Republican Donald Trump should fix his stumbling White House campaign in the next three weeks or step down, The Wall Street Journal said on Monday in a sharply worded warning from a leading conservative voice.
JAPAN
Aug 9, 2016
Overseas media outlets praise Emperor's efforts for peace, reconciliation
Overseas media reaction to Monday's recorded video address by Emperor Akihito, in which he indicated a desire to abdicate, praised his efforts at peace and reconciliation in Okinawa and parts of Asia.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Aug 8, 2016
Anti-social media: Online chats give away plan for rocket attack on Singapore
It was the social media chatter that gave him away, although changing his profile picture on the Line messaging app to a banner pledging "Indonesian support and solidarity for ISIS" probably didn't help.

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