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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...
...Navy's massive move to protect electronic spy missions off Korea. His crewman's photographs of the U.S. carrier gave Asahi a brief edge in Japan's intense press rivalry, but some ten other press planes, including those of the rival dailies Yomiuri, Mainichi and Sankei, also patrolled the sea last week for pictures and news breaks. In all, Japanese newspapers now own and operate more than 30 planes, from Beechcraft Twin-Bonanzas to Piper Super Cubs and helicopters...
...Asahi has nine aircraft, Yomiuri eight, Mainichi seven, Chunichi five, Sankei...
...million television sets in 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...
Today's CRIMSON Supplement includes articles on Asia by three of this year's Nieman Fellows -- newsmen studying for a year at Harvard. They are Hiranmay Karlekar, of the Hindustan Standard, Calcutta, India; Bank hyun Lim, of the Chongro-ku, Seoul, Korea, and Satoshi Ogawa, of the Sankei Shimbun, Tokyo, Japan...