Media News - Monday, July 21, 2008
Fresh start vowed for Mainichi Daily News site following criticism of WaiWai
Mainichi Newspapers Co. pledged Sunday to make its English-language online version more "news-oriented" after canceling its WaiWai column following criticism it was "debauching Japan" and "too vulgar." The WaiWai column first appeared in 1989 and continues to appear on the Mainichi Daily News Web site, which still operates as a part of the Mainichi Shimbun. "We continued to post articles that contained incorrect information about Japan and indecent sexual content," the company said in the Sunday edition of the Mainichi Shimbun and on its website. "These articles, many of which were not checked, should not have been dispatched to Japan or the world." The Mainichi Daily News editorial department will be reorganized 1 August, the publishing company said. Foreign residents of Japan were the main readers of the WaiWai column when it appeared in print, but after it went online it was mostly accessed from overseas, according to the publishing company. The column covered customs and social issues citing translations of articles in Japanese magazines, but a few years ago it increasingly carried articles pertaining to sex. The Mainichi Shimbun quoted the column's editor as saying there was a positive reaction when sexual topics were addressed, which is why such stories continued to be selected.
For more: Global Voices (Japan Times)
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