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Japanese trust print media despite declining newspaper subscriptions

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New data from Japan indicates a significant decline in daily newspaper subscriptions, reaching a 60-year low. Despite this trend, a majority of Japanese citizens continue to place more trust in traditional print media over online sources. This shift highlights a complex relationship between media consumption habits and public trust in Japan. AI

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Japanese trust print media despite declining newspaper subscriptions

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  1. SCMP — Tech TIER_1 English(EN) · Julian Ryall ·

    Fewer Japanese subscribe to newspapers. Yet they trust print media more

    Less than half of households in Japan subscribe to a daily newspaper, a level not seen in about 60 years, according to a media tracking report, signalling further evidence of the decline of print as the favoured news medium in the country. While the report shows most Japanese no …

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