Category Archives: Media

Media Mix, Feb. 17, 2013

Posted on February 17, 2013 by philipbrasor

Here’s this week’s Media Mix about the judo scandal. Central to the issue, as far as the media is concerned, is judo’s relationship to the Olympics. In the column I say that organized judo is nothing without the Olympics, a … Continue reading →

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Media Mix, Jan. 27, 2013

Posted on January 27, 2013 by philipbrasor

Here’s this week’s Media Mix about oidashi beya, a relatively new method of personnel rationalization where redundant employees are assigned to sections that give them nothing to do. The term was made popular in a feature by the Asahi Shimbun, … Continue reading →

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Media Mix, Jan. 20, 2013

Posted on January 20, 2013 by philipbrasor

Here’s this week’s Media Mix, which is about the taibatsu (corporal punishment) controversy surrounding the suicide of a high school basketball player in Osaka. So far the main witness to come out against taibatsu in the major media has been … Continue reading →

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Media Mix, Jan. 6, 2013

Posted on January 6, 2013 by philipbrasor

Here’s this week’s Media Mix about the business of seeds in Japan. As I pointed out in the column, the vast majority of Japanese farmers do not make their own seeds because it is a difficult, time-consuming process. Consequently, the … Continue reading →

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Media Mix, Dec. 23, 2012

Posted on December 23, 2012 by philipbrasor

Here’s this week’s Media Mix, which is about the Liberal Democratic Party’s pledge to boost economic activity with more public works projects. Because returning prime minister Shinzo Abe is qualifying this regressive strategy in terms that most people will sympathize … Continue reading →

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Media Mix, Nov. 25, 2012

Posted on November 25, 2012 by philipbrasor

Here’s this week’s Media Mix, which is mostly about an installment of NHK’s “Closeup Gendai” that covered working women in Japan. Though the issue deserves the attention it’s been getting, the point of the column, and to a lesser extent the point … Continue reading →

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Media Mix, Nov. 18, 2012

Posted on November 18, 2012 by philipbrasor

Here’s this week’s Media Mix about Education Minister Makiko Tanaka’s decision to approve three applications for university status after originally rejecting them. In the column I didn’t talk much about Tanaka’s political reasons for either the initial rejection or for … Continue reading →

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Media Mix, Nov. 4, 2012

Posted on November 4, 2012 by philipbrasor

Here’s this week’s Media Mix, which is about the media response to Shintaro Ishihara’s resignation as governor of Tokyo. It’s interesting and fortunate that Eriko Arita’s article about the rise of online nationalism appears on the same page. I didn’t … Continue reading →

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Media Mix, Oct. 28, 2012

Posted on October 28, 2012 by philipbrasor

Here’s this week’s Media Mix, which discusses that controversial Shukan Asahi article about Osaka Mayor Toru Hashimoto. As mentioned in the column, the different name for the mayor used in the title of the article, “Hashishita,” is an alternate reading … Continue reading →

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Media Mix, Oct. 21, 2012

Posted on October 21, 2012 by philipbrasor

Here’s this week’s Media Mix, which is about an ongoing scandal involving singer Sachiko Kobayashi. In the column, I refer to Kobayashi as “the queen of enka,” though that label tends to be thrown around a lot in the show … Continue reading →

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