NHKは公に奉仕する日本の公共放送局なのか いかなる民主主義社会においても、メディアの根本的な役割は、権力の乱用を監視し公の利益のために機能することにあるはずだ。それには多大な努力と勇気が求められる。近年NHKはその役割を怠り、単に政府や権力者の代弁者にすぎないと批判されつつある。その背景を検証する。
Memories Frozen in Time: Taiwanese Prisoners of War in the Siberian camps A new documentary focuses on Taiwan-born, Japan resident Masao Go, who volunteered for the Japanese army & trained as a radio operator. The war’s end would carry him into Soviet captivity, one of the few Taiwanese swept into the Siberian camps, and perhaps the last man left among them.
Part 3: NHK - Does Japan’s powerful public service broadcaster serve the public? The failure of the media to be a public watchdog can have profound consequences. On a day-to-day level, debate about complex issues: historical fidelity, relations with Japan’s three biggest neighbors, the possibility of conflict with China – is cheapened and blurred.
「バラ」の対価 —独立書店の苦悩と出版業界の構造的課題 日本における書店激減の背景には、活字離れを超えた出版業界の構造的歪みがある。「本屋 BREAD & ROSES」の現場が露わにするのは、価格決定権を奪われた独立書店が、自己搾取のもと、かろうじて空間を維持している実態だ。高齢化が進む地域で「まちのコモンズ」を紡ぐ実践から、文化的エッセンシャルワーカーへの正当な対価を問い直す。
Part 2: NHK - Does Japan’s powerful public service broadcaster serve the public? The core purpose of the media in any democratic society should be to as watchdog for the public interest, monitoring abuse of power. But this takes hard work and courage.
NHK: Does Japan’s powerful public service broadcaster serve the public? In recent years NHK has been accused of being simply a mouthpiece for the government and for the powerful.