Category Archives: Media

Media Mix, Jan. 28, 2018

Posted on January 28, 2018 by philipbrasor

Here’s this week’s Media Mix about a special issue of Aera dedicated to the end of banking. The headline is slightly misleading, since it implies that AI will be the death of the banking industry, and while that’s true to … Continue reading →

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Media Mix, Jan. 21, 2018

Posted on January 21, 2018 by philipbrasor

Here’s this week’s Media Mix, which is about resistance to the solicitation of “volunteers” for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. As stated at the beginning of the piece, the ostensible reason for the all-volunteer character of the staffing plan is to … Continue reading →

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Media Mix, Dec. 31, 2017

Posted on January 1, 2018 by philipbrasor

Here’s this week’s Media Mix, which is a roundup of the year. One thing I didn’t mention but which I probably should have is the sumo assault scandal. The reason I didn’t was because I, myself, didn’t think it had … Continue reading →

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Media Mix, Dec. 3, 2017

Posted on December 3, 2017 by philipbrasor

Here’s this week’s Media Mix, which is about Japan’s difficulties in becoming an arms exporter. The gist of the piece is that there is still a certain reluctance to call a spade a spade, and thus arms sales are spun … Continue reading →

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Media Mix, Nov. 19, 2017

Posted on November 19, 2017 by philipbrasor

Here’s this week’s Media Mix about the hold that nationally famous plastic surgeon Katsuya Takasu has over the media. The doctor’s comments about Nazis were what brought me to discuss his career, which I’ve followed since the 90s, at least, … Continue reading →

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Media Mix, Oct. 29, 2017

Posted on October 29, 2017 by philipbrasor

Here’s this week’s Media Mix about progress in organ transplants in Japan. Generally speaking, I don’t think the media is the real reason behind the lack of public knowledge about transplants and organ donation, but by and large what tends … Continue reading →

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Media Mix, Oct. 8, 2017

Posted on October 8, 2017 by philipbrasor

Here’s this week’s Media Mix, about Twitter’s seeming reluctance to address messages that contain hate speech. An issue discussed briefly on the Democracy Times program mentioned in the column but one that I didn’t touch on is sexist language. Kayoko … Continue reading →

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Media Mix, Sept. 24, 2017

Posted on September 24, 2017 by philipbrasor

Here’s this week’s Media Mix about junior high schools that received protesting postcards because of a history textbook they chose to use. The media that covered this story stated that the book published by Manabisha is the only one written … Continue reading →

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Media Mix, Sept. 3, 2017

Posted on September 3, 2017 by philipbrasor

Here’s this week’s Media Mix, which is about the rest of Japan’s reluctance to “accept” any of the U.S. military bases on Okinawa. As suggested by the media coverage of this issue, the protest movement against the Okinawan bases is … Continue reading →

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Media Mix, Aug. 13, 2017

Posted on August 13, 2017 by philipbrasor

Here’s this week’s Media Mix, which is about the map recently published by METI of “suitable” areas for repositories of nuclear waste. The article’s main theme, in accordance with several media outlets’ coverage of the map, is that METI and … Continue reading →

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