Imagine life without newspapers. We may soon be living it. Newspapers in one form or another have been around in Japan since the 17th century, innocent and unpolitical at first, less so as time passed. By the late 19th century their very existence, associated as they were with an embryonic political opposition,…
News consumption in Japan is characterised by high-circulation print newspapers and five nationwide TV networks. The continued strength of traditional media has reduced the urgency of digital transformation but the pandemic has accelerated change.