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The Scoop Machine: Shukan Bunshun vs Access Journalism and Censorship in Japan: An Interview with Manabu Shintani

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 March 2025

David McNeill
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Japan's scrappy weekly magazines, led by Shukan Bunshun, are filling the void in investigative journalism left by the mainstream media. The editor of Shukan Bunshun, Shintani Manabu, says the magazine's combative reporting is driven by commercial not ideological concerns – and its bigger rivals must learn this lesson, or risk irrelevance.

Keywords

MediaShintani ManabuOlympicsSuga Yoshihide
Type
Research Article
Information
Asia-Pacific Journal , Volume 19 , Issue 18 , September 2021 , e3
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