なぜBBCの編集者は遠く離れた国のニュースに涙することができるのか～BBCが日本人に向けてニュースを発信する理由
国際ニュースメディアとして世界で圧倒的な影響力を誇るBBC（英国放送協会）。2015年に入ってからBBCは日本での展開を加速させており、今年初めには日本語版のTwitterアカウントやYouTube公式チャンネルをスタート。8月5日からはYahoo!ニュースへの配信も始まりました。世界的メディアがなぜいま日本で情報発信の幅を広げようとしているのか、そしてスタッフはどんな思いで世界のニュースを日本に届けようとしているのか――。BBCの日本拠点・BBCワールド ジャパンで話を聞いてきました。 今年後半、日本語版サイトを開設へ 東京都内にある、BBCワールド ジャパンのオフィス。 ――デジタル分野で日本での発信の幅を広げる狙いは。 渡辺雄二 代表取締役 マネージング・ダイレクター BBCワールドニュースは世界200カ国以上で放送されておりますが、実は英語ではなくローカルランゲージ（現地の言語）の
Japanese troops set to fight overseas
Japanese troops set to fight overseas for first time since World War Two Japan's military looks set to expand its remit, after new security laws were approved by a parliamentary committee. Since the end of World War Two the country's constitution has only allowed the military to use force for self defence, so this could be a significant change of policy. There has been vocal resistance to the legi
Japan parliament brawl over labour law
The leader of the opposition said MPs "couldn't help" scuffling with Hiromichi Watanabe Scuffles broke out in the Japanese parliament on Friday over a controversial law on temporary workers. Japan's government wants to bring in a three-year limit on temporary workers. But the opposition objects, saying the law will allow businesses to fire temporary workers after three years instead of hiring them
Japan wakes up to bad news about Kenji Goto
Newspapers brought out special editions on Sunday morning with news of Kenji Goto Japan woke up early on Sunday morning to the news of the death of Kenji Goto, whose apparent killing was shown in a video released by Islamic State militants. Some first learned the sad news on Twitter, as they did when the hostage situation broke initially, although newspapers were also quick to bring out special ed
堀 潤 JUN HORI on Twitter: "慰安婦問題に関し、読売新聞が海外向けに「sex slave」という表現が誤りだったとアナウンスしたことについて、BBCが「安倍総理と彼を支持する右派がまた勝利」と報道。リンクはBBC Asia版→ http://t.co/p5J0NrTjqm"
慰安婦問題に関し、読売新聞が海外向けに「sex slave」という表現が誤りだったとアナウンスしたことについて、BBCが「安倍総理と彼を支持する右派がまた勝利」と報道。リンクはBBC Asia版→ http://t.co/p5J0NrTjqm
Japan paper Yomiuri Shimbun retracts 'sex slaves' references
Former comfort women and their relatives have held demonstrations in Tokyo demanding justice Japan's biggest newspaper has issued a controversial apology for using the term "sex slaves" when referring to women who worked in brothels set up for Japanese soldiers in World War Two. Yomiuri Shimbun said its English version should not have used the phrase as it implied the women were coerced. Japan apo
Japan ministers Yuko Obuchi and Midori Matsushima quit
Yuko Obuchi bowed in apology as she quit. Rupert Wingfield-Hayes reports. Japan's Justice Minister Midori Matsushima has resigned, hours after the resignation of Trade and Industry Minister Yuko Obuchi. Ms Matsushima had been accused by the opposition of violating election laws. Ms Obuchi is alleged to have misused funds from her political support groups and other donations. Correspondents say the
Japan's economy shrinks after sales tax rise
There had been fears a higher sales tax may hurt domestic consumption Japan's economy contracted by an annualised 6.8% in the second quarter of the year, the biggest fall since 2011 when it was devastated by an earthquake and tsunami. The official gross domestic product (GDP) figure though was smaller than the 7.1% drop economists expected. The shrinkage was largely in response to a government sal
What Japan's military shift means
Japan's military will now be able to assist allies under attack, in certain circumstances The administration of Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has announced a major new interpretation of the security provisions of the country's 1947 constitution, permitting its Self Defence Forces (SDF) to participate for the first time in collective self-defence related activities. In future, the SDF will, in
Japanese man sets self on fire over military rule change
The incident took place on a bridge at the busy Shinjuku station in central Tokyo A man set himself on fire in central Tokyo in protest at a proposed law which could allow Japan to deploy its military overseas. The man was taken to hospital after being hosed down but his condition was not immediately known, officials said. Japan's government could make the change to its pacifist constitution as ea
Student visa system fraud exposed in BBC investigation
For the last year, the programme has been filming undercover, following a network of agents helping people obtain student visa extensions through fraud. Each year, around 100,000 non-EU students get their visas to stay in the UK extended. The programme sent non-EU students - who were already in the UK legally - undercover. They posed as bogus students with poor English, who wanted to remain in the
Japan man granted retrial after 46 years on death row
Hideko Hakamada has been campaigning on behalf of her brother for decades A man who has been on death row for more than four decades has been granted a retrial by a Japanese court. Iwao Hakamada was sentenced to death in 1968 for killing his boss, the man's wife and their two children. Hakamada, now 78, confessed after 20 days of interrogation during which he says he was beaten. He later retracted
袴田事件再審、BBCもトップニュースで報じる | Kousyoublog
袴田事件の再審開始決定、BBCでもトップページでの表示順位はエジプトの政局に次いでおり、トップニュースで報じられていますね。 BBC News – Japan man granted retrial after 46 years on death row 記事の中で、日本の司法制度の構造的問題点も指摘されています。 Japan’s justice system relies largely on confessions from suspects. Rights groups have cited long hours of interrogation, lack of access to lawyers and physical mistreatment as reasons why suspects end up confessing to crimes they did not co
Mapping racism in Tokyo
#BBCtrending: Using Google Maps to track racism in JapanClose Activists in Japan are using a novel way to tackle racism. They're using Google Maps to pinpoint xenophobic graffiti in Shin-Okubo, a part of Tokyo with a large ethnic Korean community. As we reported on our radio programme, Google Maps is being used to highlight the rise of the "netouyo" or online nationalists. Anne-Marie Tomchak, exte
Japan to review lead-up to WW2 comfort women statement
Yoshihide Suga said the background to the Kono statement should be re-examined Japan will form a team to review the lead-up to a 1993 statement which acknowledged its wartime use of sex slaves, its top spokesman says. Yoshihide Suga said the team would "re-examine and understand the background". The acknowledgement that women were forced into sex slavery with Japanese military complicity was viewe
Governor of Japan broadcaster NHK denies Nanjing massacre
China says up to 300,000 died in Nanjing at the hands of Japan's military A governor of Japan's public broadcaster, NHK, has denied that the Nanjing massacre took place, days after a row over Tokyo's use of war-time sex slaves engulfed the new NHK chief. Naoki Hyakuta made his comments as he campaigned for a right-wing candidate in the Tokyo gubernatorial election. Mr Hyakuta, a prominent novelist
Davos: What Abe said
So here I am, again, on the top of a Swiss mountain, surrounded by the world's wealthiest and most powerful. And, as per normal, I am suffering from mild altitude sickness. Here is a typical (and true) conversation with a random stranger sitting in the partners' lounge of the Davos congress centre. "Where are you from? Your badge says India." "Well, I sit on the board of a big Indian institution,
Why Japan's Shinzo Abe went to Yasukuni shrine
Shinzo Abe's visit will make relations with China worse, says the BBC's Rupert Wingfield-Hayes Whatever Shinzo Abe says, any visit to the Yasakuni shrine by a Japanese prime minister is deeply political and sure to cause offence. In the 1960s and 70s, the spirits of scores of convicted Japanese war criminals were "enshrined" there. The most controversial were the 14 "Class A" war criminals, includ
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Japan’s ‘BBC’ bans any reference to wartime ‘sex slaves’
How Japan’s ‘BBC’ is rewriting its role in the Second World War
