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Originally Posted by TinyRedLeaf
The observation that readers have greater trust in newspapers than TV news is echoed in other Nielsen studies of news media in Singapore, so the situation is by no means unique to Japan's. I suspect that it's probably similar in other countries as well.
Nevertheless, Japan's print media market is certainly unique in many other respects. So, yes, I agree with aohige. The print media in Japan is not directly comparable with those in the West. There is a mix of consumer loyalty and trust, tight-knit business-social relationships and economic/business structures that make the industry more resilient than those elsewhere.
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Interesting about Japanese newspapers there. However, the discussion was about manga magazines, which are not doing nearly so well.
All of the magazines there saw decreases in circulation. I think Japanese print
entertainment is doomed long term, unless it switches to a different model. It's also facing demographic problems.
Ken akamatsu gave an interesting riff on the manga industry here