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Paper power: How Japan s manga industry embraced special editions amid digital surge

Paper power: How Japan s manga industry embraced special editions amid digital surge July 10, 2021 (Mainichi Japan) Copies of the final volume of manga series Attack on Titan are seen lined up on a store shelf. Many shops have sold out of the final volume s limited edition. (Mainichi) TOKYO The manga sections of book shops and convenience stores have been through a lively period of late. From the June 9 release of the final volume of Attack on Titan to the huge success of Jujutsu Kaisen, the hits have kept on coming. Among these popular titles, higher priced special editions with elaborate designs and supplementary materials have seen particular success.

Japan: Unions demand gender equality in media

IFJ 16 February 2021 Japan: Unions demand gender equality in media Four media workers’ unions in Japan have demanded gender equality in Japan’s media and call for stronger female representation in the industry, which they consider to be currently critically gender-biased against women. The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) joined forces to express support for their calls. Representatives of Japan’s four union federations hold a press conference on February 10, 2021 to demand gender equality in the media industry. Credit: Screenshot, YouTube/ Foreign Correspondents Club of Japan On February 10, members of Japan’s four key union federations held a press conference in light of the recent controversy surrounding sexist remarks made by former Japanese Prime Minister, Yoshiro Mori, in his role as the chair of Tokyo Olympics Organising Committee. 

Manga creators begin to portray more Black characters with respect

Japan’s tennis champion Naomi Osaka, who is biracial, was depicted in early cartoon representations with white skin and light-colored hair, causing an uproar from Japan to Australia. But now, with a new comic that celebrates her exploits – and better portrays her features – Ms. Osaka joins the crowded pantheon of strong female characters and a small but growing gallery of Black characters in Japanese manga. Creators of manga, and its movie counterpart anime, have all too often relied on stereotypes in portraying the features of Black people.  Author and Japan Times columnist Baye McNeil points to the earlier debacle over Ms. Osaka’s cartoon image as a catalyst for change. “As awareness is raised in various Japanese media,” he says, “some artists are definitely taking better care when they choose to include non-Japanese characters in their works. Nobody wants to be the focus of negative global attention. It’s sad, but sometimes it takes an incident like this to mak

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