The ''Tokyo Reporter'' is a Japanese English-language
news website
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Going online created more opportunities for newspa ...
whose reporting is based on Japanese
tabloid journalism
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The Tokyo Reporter
Founded in 2008 by Brett Bull, a U.S. engineer working in Tokyo, the website translates or adapts reports by Japanese tabloid media about such topics as crime, sex and entertainment in Japan. ''
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'' described it as a "hybrid of the ''
National Enquirer
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The ''National Enquirer'' openly acknowledges that it pays sources for tips, a common practice in tabl ...
'', the ''
New York Post
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Penthouse
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''". The ''Post'' wrote that, because Japanese tabloids are less reliant on authorities for their content than Japanese mainstream media, and less concerned about the international reputation of the nation, ''Tokyo Reporter'' projects a less sanitized image of Japan to the outside world than the English language versions of mainstream media.
The last newly released article on TokyoReporter was published on August 16, 2021, and the site has not been updated since. On January 26, 2022, the closure of TokyoReporter was formally announced.
Brett Bull
Brett Bull, a civil engineer for a Japanese construction company in
Ōtsuka
is a Japanese surname. Alternative transliterations include Otsuka and Ohtsuka. Notable people with the surname include:
* Ai Otsuka (大塚 愛, born 1982), Japanese pop singer from the Kansai region
* Akinori Otsuka (大塚 晶則, born 1972) ...
,
an author and a freelance journalist, writes for
''Variety'',
''Metropolis Japan Magazine'',
The New York Times
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Japan Today
''Japan Today'' is a website that publishes wire articles, press releases, and photographs, as well as opinion and contract pieces, such as company profiles, in English.
References
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2000 establishments in Japan
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The Japan Times
''The Japan Times'' is Japan's largest and oldest English-language daily newspaper. It is published by , a subsidiary of News2u Holdings, Inc.. It is headquartered in the in Kioicho, Chiyoda, Tokyo.
History
''The Japan Times'' was launched by ...
,
Loafer's Magazine,
and others.
From 17 November 1999 to 29 December 2007, he wrote as ''Captain Japan'' for his ''Sake-Drenched Postcards''.
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2008 establishments in Japan
Japanese news websites
Mass media in Tokyo
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