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Only university graduates and those about to receive degrees are eligible, and competition is almost literally cutthroat for spots on the national dailies: Asahi (circ. 6,000,000), Yomiuri (5,800,000), Mainichi (4,700,000), Sankei (1,900,000) and Nihon Keizai (1,400,000). Disappointed candidates have been known to commit suicide...
Beyond the initial political shocks, an entirely new sense of unease has spread through Japan. The brusque treatment they received from Washington "has been a revelation for the Japanese," says Katsuyuki Ochi, political editor of Japan's leading financial daily, Nihon Keizai Shimbun. "They now realize that the international stage is a much colder place than they had imagined, and that sentimentalism of any brand has little role to play in the pursuit of national interests...
...estimated 44 other foreigners (ten Americans) remain under detention in China, including at least one journalist, Keiji Samejima, 37, an able correspondent for Tokyo's Nihon Keizai, who was arrested in June...
...Japan-more than in any other country except the U.S.-newspaper circulation has been growing, and no major newspapers have folded in the past decade. Five Tokyo-based national newspapers blanket the country: Asahi (circ. 5.1 million), Yomiuri (4.6 million), Mainichi (4,000,000), Sankei (1.9 million) and Nihon Keizai (930,000). Putting out 42 daily editions, Asahi has 2,000 editorial staffers, 295 domestic bureaus and 24 correspondents overseas. Journalism is a profession with prestige in Japan, and papers are swamped with job applicants. This year Asahi picked the cream of 30 from a crop...
...fastest-growing newspaper in Japan is not one of its five giant dailies with circulations of a million or more, but the Wall Street Journal of Japan's business world, Nikon Keizai Shimbun (circ...