Title: Politics and the news media in Japan /
Authors: Feldman, Ofer, 1954-
Publisher: University of Michigan Press,
Year: 1993
Subjects: Government and the press Japan.; Journalism Political aspects Japan.; Press Japan History; Press and politics Japan.
Abstract: The author discusses the importance of the national dailies in Japanese political life; reporters' work patterns and their formal and informal interaction with political news sources; the objectives reporters and politicians have vis-a-vis one another; and how Japanese cultural factors affect the role reporters play in politics.