journalist

Chechen journalist sees parallels between disaster...
Zara Imaeva (Photo by Yu Yamada)
For Chechen journalist Zara Imaeva, the fate of Japanese displaced by the earthquake, tsunami and nuclear disasters two years ago mirrored her life as a refugee.
EDITORIAL: Remembering Mika Yamamoto, a brave...
Around the world, the lives of countless people are threatened by civil war. Journalist Mika Yamamoto stood by those in peril, no matter the obstacles. She paid for this with...
Slain journalist’s body returns home
Workers at Narita Airport observe a moment of silence for Mika Yamamoto, who was killed while covering the Syrian civil war, upon her body's arrival on the morning of Aug. 25. (Toshiyuki Hayashi)
The body of slain journalist Mika Yamamoto, who was shot while covering the civil war in Syria, arrived at Narita Airport from Istanbul on Aug. 25.
Violence tests Myanmar's media, and its censors
Newspapers are stacked at a news stand in Yangon in December 2011. (Yusuke Murayama)
When Myanmar emerged last year from army rule, state censors started to loosen their powerful grip, allowing newspapers to report freely on what had been unthinkable, from the...
UPDATE/ Al Jazeera shuts English bureau after China ...
The broadcasting station of Al Jazeera's English language channel in Doha, Qatar, in November 2006 (Asahi Shimbun file photo)
BEIJING--Al Jazeera has closed the China bureau for its English channel after Chinese authorities refused to renew its correspondent's visa, marking the first time an...
Government lawsuits imperil Myanmar's new press...
The front pages of newspapers in Yangon can now show photos of Aung San Suu Kyi and U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. But censorship still remains according to local journalists. This photo was taken in December 2011. (Asahi Shimbun file photo)
YANGON -- The media in Myanmar have gained new freedoms but also face a new threat in the form of lawsuits filed against them by the government.
BASKETBALL / Journalist quits media gig to chase...
Kouki Matsuda works out in Los Angeles before joining the Chicago Steam in November. (The Asahi Shimbun)
After working five years for Hokkaido Cultural Broadcasting, Kouki Matsuda has traded in his reporter's notebook for a basketball.
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