User:Miminity/Japanese Sources

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The list of Reliable Japanese sources I use:

Notes

Never or rarely use Japanese sources in controversial issues related to Japan in WWII.
Some of the following publications are presumed to be reliable without a proper discussion because they are a) mass-media conglomerates or b) owned by a reliable source.

News

National

This sources listed deals primarily national news

Name and link	Available in English?	Notes	Discussions
Mainichi Shimbun	Yes		1 2 3
NHK	Yes	NHK is the Japanese public broadcaster. Be careful about the using in articles related to Japanese politics. Including NHK world	1 2 3 4 5 6
The Asahi Shimbun	Yes	The Asahi Shimbun is consider to be a left-leaning newspaper. This includes All-Nippon News Network (ANN). Some Japanese articles are paywalled	1 2 3 4 5 6
Yomiuri Shimbun	Yes	The Japan News is the English version of this newspaper. Also owned Nippon TV including Nippon News Network. Considered to be right-leaning newspaper	1 2
The Nikkei	Yes	Also known as The Nihon Keizai Shimbun. Some of the articles are paywalled. English version is Nikkei Asia	1 2 3
The Japan Times	Yes^[a]	Some news are paywalled Some of its articles have factual errors, not an ideal source for traditional Japanese culture.	1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Sankei Shimbun	Yes	Owned by Fujisankei Communications Group Noted for publishing articles downplaying Japanese war crimes. Any news that includes controversial topics related to Japan should be treated as WP:RSOPINION. (i.e. Japan in WWII, Politics of Japan) Any editorial piece that includes controversial topics related to Japan is generally unreliable. (i.e. Japan in WWII, Politics of Japan) Including Japan Forward, the english version.	1
Kyodo News	Yes		1
TBS News	No	Owned by TBS Holdings, also known as JNN (Japan News Network)
Fuji News Network (FNN)	No	Owned by Fujisankei Communications Group, Take news about controversies of the Fuji TV (i.e. Masahiro Nakai scandal and channel hostilities) with a grain of salt
Jiji News	Yes	This is a news aggregator website
Yahoo News JP	No	This is a news aggregator website; replace with a better source if possible. Owned by Line Corporation.

References

^ English-only online newspaper

Regional/Prefectural

The sources listed deals primarily or focus mainly on their selected region and/or prefecture.

Name and link	Available in English?	Region/Prefecture	Notes
Sanyo Shimbun	No	Okayama Prefecture	Partially owned by The Nikkei.
Chunichi Shimbun	No	Aichi Prefecture and neighboring prefectures.	They primarily cover stories from Aichi Prefecture and its neighboring prefectures. Their company also publishes Tokyo Shimbun in the Tokyo Metro Area.

Entertainment and Popular Culture

Name and link	Available in English?	Scope	Notes	Discussions^[a]
Natalie	No	Music, Anime and Manga, Movies, Stage Performances, Comedy		1 2 3 4
Oricon	No	General Entertainment		1 2
RealSound	No	Music, Movies, Tech, Books (including Anime and Manga)		1
ITMedia	No			1
Famitsu	No			1 2 3
Eiga.com	No	Movies	User reviews are unreliable as user-generated content	1 2
Billboard Japan	Maybe	Music	Some content is in English	1
Model Press	No	General Entertainment		1
Barks	No	Music		1

^ Discussion presented here just some excepts as there is a lot of discussion in WP:A&M/RS and WP:GAMESOURCES. Only included here are discussion on WP:RSN

Sports

Name and link	Available in English?	Notes	Discussions
Gekisaka	No	Owned by Kodansha; only publishes articles about soccer,
Nikkan Sports	No	Owned by The Asahi Shimbun; also publishes non-sports articles.
Sponichi (Sports Nippon)	No	Owned by Mainichi Shimbun; also publishes non-sports articles.	1
Sport Hochi	No		1
Tokyo Sports	No		1

Other tools

CiNii Research - Journal and books search engine (available in English and Japanese)
Dictionaries by James Curtis Hepburn:
- A Japanese-English and English-Japanese Dictionary (1907); does not include Japanese characters
- A Japanese-English and English-Japanese Dictionary (1888); includes kana and kanji characters

Notes

[1] English-only online newspaper

[2] Discussion presented here just some excepts as there is a lot of discussion in WP:A&M/RS and WP:GAMESOURCES. Only included here are discussion on WP:RSN

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