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The BBC is a partisan battleground – why does Japan’s public broadcaster escape the same fate?

Public service broadcasters are supposed to be the most trusted news outlets in democratic societies. Funded through models like licence fees and free from advertising, they are meant to stand apart from commercial media.

The Conversation · Oct 16, 2025

Japan PM Decides To Quit As Opponents Seek Leadership Election: Reports

Japan's Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba has decided to step down, local media reported on Sunday, as members of his ruling party seek to hold a new leadership race following disastrous upper house elections.

International Business Times · Sep 7, 2025

Japan’s PM Shigeru Ishiba resigns weeks after election debacle

Calls for his resignation had grown since his Liberal Democratic Party suffered a crushing loss in July.

Al Jazeera · Sep 7, 2025

Attacks in China and Japan raise concerns about xenophobia in both countries

A Japanese woman in China was attacked with a stone-like object in Suzhou on Thursday evening

The Independent UK · Aug 2, 2025

Is it safe to travel to Japan? Latest advice after tsunami warning following earthquake in Russia

Japan still has some tsunami warnings in place along its coastline

The Independent UK · Jul 30, 2025

Powerful quake hits near Russia’s Kamchatka Peninsula. Japan issues a tsunami alert

Japan’s meteorological agency has issued a tsunami alert for Japan’s Pacific coast, upgrading an earlier advisory stemming from the powerful, magnitude 8.0 quake near Russia’s Kamchatka Peninsula

The Independent UK · Jul 30, 2025

Many countries downgrade tsunami alerts after powerful earthquake off Russia

Impact of water surges less than initially feared after quake of 8.8 magnitude hit near Russia’s Kamchatka peninsula

The Guardian - AU · Jul 30, 2025

Japan’s anti-foreigner politics on the rise as right-wing party wins votes online

Sanseito party, most popular among younger male voters, won 14 seats in Sunday's upper house vote

The Independent UK · Jul 26, 2025

Japan PM Ishiba says will stay in office after coalition’s election defeat

Premier says he would remain in office to oversee tariff talks with US, but analysts say he faces political headwinds.

Al Jazeera · Jul 20, 2025

Japan’s ruling alliance likely to lose upper house majority, exit poll says

While the ballot does not directly determine whether Ishiba’s government falls, it heaps pressure on the leader.

Al Jazeera · Jul 20, 2025