Outlet track record
The Japan Times
Japanese centrist, pro-establishment tilt since 2017
The Japan Times, founded in 1897 and Japan's oldest English-language newspaper, has been owned since 2017 by News2u Holdings, a Tokyo PR firm whose leadership has ties to Japanese industrial interests. After that acquisition, the paper shifted editorially toward Japanese government positions on sensitive historical topics, drawing staff protests and international criticism. Its coverage of the Trump administration is primarily factual and Japan-centric, highlighting trade frictions and alliance strains without taking a clear pro- or anti-Trump stance.
Owned byNews2u Holdings, Inc., a Tokyo-based media and PR company whose CEO, Minako Kambara Suematsu, is also a senior executive of Tsuneishi Holdings, a ¥200 billion Japanese conglomerate in shipbuilding, logistics, and energy
LeaningJapanese centrist, pro-establishment tilt since 2017
On the administrationmixed
3average bias score across 1 story
1 = straight reporting · 10 = heavily spun
1 = straight reporting · 10 = heavily spun