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OANN equiv in Japan?

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May 23, 2021, 10:58 AM
konata88
OANN equiv in Japan?
Is there an OANN equivalent in Japan (in Japanese)? News website that provides comprehensive, neutral (conservative leaning or at least less left biased) news coverage of Japan, Global and USA?

Would like to recommend to those living in Japan. Also, it's difficult to find adverse info about the vaccines in Japan it seems. So the populace seems generally ill informed to make an intelligent personal decision to get or not. Any ideas on Japanese webpages that paint a more comprehensive picture of the pros/cons?




"Wrong does not cease to be wrong because the majority share in it." L.Tolstoy
"A government is just a body of people, usually, notably, ungoverned." Shepherd Book
May 23, 2021, 11:19 AM
darkest2000
If there are (and I'm sure there's plenty of right leaning channels in Japan), I imagine people LIVING in Japan that care for that type of news source would know more about it than those of us living outside of Japan.
May 23, 2021, 11:28 AM
konata88
You would think but they don't and I don't. Just like many people here don't know about sites like OANN. Trying to recommend news for some people that are not politically aware (focused on work and family) but would like to have better information.




"Wrong does not cease to be wrong because the majority share in it." L.Tolstoy
"A government is just a body of people, usually, notably, ungoverned." Shepherd Book
May 23, 2021, 11:53 AM
corsair
Conservatism in Japan is quite a bit different than what we in the US embraces. The Liberal-Democratic party, which is the conservative or, right-party in Japan has been running things for the last 8-years and has been responsible for recognizing the CCP as a threat and growing their defense budget. I'm sure there's more channels and media outlets than NHK, which is the Japanese version of the BBC. They have too sophisticated a society to be limited to single-view points.
May 23, 2021, 10:14 PM
ersatzknarf
Unfortunately, i am not aware of anything.

Do know that folks call NHK, "inu H K"...

"inu" means dog, as in NHK does what the government bids.

It's a different culture and one that values conformity, so a news outlet that acts like OANN seems a bit of a difficult concept.

If any member here knows of something, i am all ears.




May 23, 2021, 11:25 PM
konata88
Yes. The conformity and news not getting it right is a concern for we have for some folks for whom we would like to be able to make an informed and educated decision.




"Wrong does not cease to be wrong because the majority share in it." L.Tolstoy
"A government is just a body of people, usually, notably, ungoverned." Shepherd Book