Comments on: DPJ is Popular, Fukuda’s First 2008 Press Conference, Nikkei Falls, Toyota Passes Ford, Waseda Opens Journalism School: TPR News for Monday, January 7, 2008 http://www.transpacificradio.com/2008/01/07/dpj-fukuda-toyota-waseda/ Independent Podcasting from Tokyo. Featuring Seijigiri, a discussion of Japanese news and politics, as well as TPR News, our twice a week look at Japan's top stories. Wed, 07 Jan 2009 02:02:39 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.3 by: Garrett DeOrio http://www.transpacificradio.com/2008/01/07/dpj-fukuda-toyota-waseda/#comment-591133 Sat, 12 Jan 2008 13:47:43 +0000 http://www.transpacificradio.com/2008/01/07/dpj-fukuda-toyota-waseda/#comment-591133 Or to bluntly summarize Pellegrini's answer, Japan's current schools of journalism teach the study, rather than the craft of journalism. A 記者クラブ would be a frustrating place for a trained journalist or one with much experience in less restricted environment. Or to bluntly summarize Pellegrini’s answer, Japan’s current schools of journalism teach the study, rather than the craft of journalism. A 記者クラブ would be a frustrating place for a trained journalist or one with much experience in less restricted environment.

]]> by: Ken Worsley http://www.transpacificradio.com/2008/01/07/dpj-fukuda-toyota-waseda/#comment-590756 Sat, 12 Jan 2008 07:45:34 +0000 http://www.transpacificradio.com/2008/01/07/dpj-fukuda-toyota-waseda/#comment-590756 Torii, I think that statement needs some clarification. Japan has 4 schools of journalism: at Doshisha University, Sophia University, Nihon University and Tokyo University (was graduate-level only the last I knew). What they teach would not resemble what we would expect from a journalism degree. It is mainly media studies. It has been estimated that about 25% of journalism majors actually pursue careers as journalists or reporters. However, what really sticks out is that most major newspapers and media sources would rather not hire people who have studied journalism at the University level. Having such a degree gives one too many ideas about what journalists should do and supposedly makes them difficult employees to manage. What Waseda is trying to do is different, or so I've been told. I would like to learn more about it myself. Torii, I think that statement needs some clarification. Japan has 4 schools of journalism: at Doshisha University, Sophia University, Nihon University and Tokyo University (was graduate-level only the last I knew).

What they teach would not resemble what we would expect from a journalism degree. It is mainly media studies. It has been estimated that about 25% of journalism majors actually pursue careers as journalists or reporters.

However, what really sticks out is that most major newspapers and media sources would rather not hire people who have studied journalism at the University level. Having such a degree gives one too many ideas about what journalists should do and supposedly makes them difficult employees to manage.

What Waseda is trying to do is different, or so I’ve been told. I would like to learn more about it myself.

]]> by: Torii http://www.transpacificradio.com/2008/01/07/dpj-fukuda-toyota-waseda/#comment-590273 Sat, 12 Jan 2008 00:47:08 +0000 http://www.transpacificradio.com/2008/01/07/dpj-fukuda-toyota-waseda/#comment-590273 Wait, am I hearing you correctly? Japan has no proper school of journalism even though it has the world's two biggest newspapers and almost 130 million people? I don't know whether I should not buy it or whether I should be worried. Wait, am I hearing you correctly? Japan has no proper school of journalism even though it has the world’s two biggest newspapers and almost 130 million people?
I don’t know whether I should not buy it or whether I should be worried.

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