Nippon 日本心得帖: 周刊不老 Japan’s weeklies continue to thrive with over 2 million copies sold each week

2016年4月20日星期三

周刊不老 Japan’s weeklies continue to thrive with over 2 million copies sold each week

The Economist 新增了 5 張相片。

Japan's gossipy tabloids step in where other media fear to tread. What makes them so special? Thanks to exposures of high-profile names and grisly tales of child murderers, gangsters and sumo wrestling, Japan’s weeklies continue to thrive with over 2 million copies sold each week

「 Royal families are often the source of many stories for tabloids around the world. Not so different in Japan. The night-time wanderings by torchlight of a member of the imperial family, among the many other behind-the-scenes, are staples for the shukanshi

Credit Corbis/ AFLO/ Motoo Naka 」

「 Revelations about corruption in sumo-wrestling rocked a sport popularly associated with Japan. Weekly tabloid Shukan Post claimed games were rigged in the 1980 and 1990s. In 2007, another tabloid reported one wrestler to have paid competitors to throw in the towel

Getty Images/ The Asahi Shimbun 」

「 Tabloids often go behind the scenes of Japan’s notorious Yakuza gangsters, organised crime groups with a strict hierarchy. The Yakuza often have full-body tattoos inked with hand-made, non-electric tools.

Getty Images/ Jeremy Sutton-Hibbert 」

「 Japan’s gossipy weeklies are more than morale-boosters. They provide a platform for reporters to uncover news often censored by mainstream media. On occasion, mainstream reporters write under a pseudonym to get their stories out

Credit: Alamy/ Jeremy Hoare 」

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2016年4月20日 星期三

周刊不老 Japan’s weeklies continue to thrive with over 2 million copies sold each week

The Economist 新增了 5 張相片。

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2016年4月20日星期三