Does Trade Influence News Coverage? An Analysis from the Nikkei
What lies behind the decision about which...
Mineral Resources and the World: Where Do the Profits Go?
Our lives are built on and intertwined with...
Are the Imbalances Similar? International Reporting in the U.S. and Japan
In Japan, the presence of the United States is...
Nicaragua: A Renewable Energy Paradise?
It made big headlines when U.S. President Donald...
Climate Change Realities and Responses: What’s Being Reported?
We have only three years left to avoid the worst...
Nagorno-Karabakh: A Region That Seems Like a State but Isn’t One
"Nagorno-Karabakh Republic"—this self-proclaimed...
The World’s Refugees: Is Their Situation Being Covered?
In September 2015, a family that had fled from...
Central African Republic: What’s Really Happening in the Renewed Conflict?
In the Central African Republic, located in the...
South Sudan: Why It Makes the News in an Underreported Africa
The African continent rarely appears in Japan’s...
A Country Like the Islamic State: The Reality of Saudi Arabia
When you hear public executions, war and...
Elections Around the World: Countries That Get Covered and Those That Don’t
Presidential and general elections are big...
Indonesia: The Current State of Education for 55 Million Students
Indonesia is an island nation with a population...
Behind the Trump Phenomenon
Donald Trump 2017 January 20th, as the 45th...
The Scramble for Sand: Environmental Destruction and the Sand Mafia
Right now, sand is disappearing from the world....
International Reporting from a Japanese Perspective
In Japan’s international news coverage, there is...
Casinos and Illicit Funds: Where Did the “Missing” Money Go?
In February 2016, the Bangladesh central bank...
The Arab Spring and Its Aftermath: An Analysis of News Coverage in North Africa (2010–2016)
In previous GNV articles, we have pointed out...
One Year After the Panama Papers: Corruption Lurks in Panama
In February 2017, Jürgen Mossack and Ramón...
The World as Reported by NHK International News 2016
Up to now at GNV, we have analyzed trends in...
Africa’s Great Green Wall: Toward Halting the Sahara Desert’s Expansion
Today, the problem of desertification in Africa...
Climate Change and the Pacific Islands
In recent decades, debate has intensified over...
Water Crisis in Central Asia: Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan
In Central Asia, a crisis is brewing over water...
Iceland: An End to Prolonged Political Instability?
In Iceland, following the results of the general...
The Pacific Islands and Climate Change
Over the past few decades, there has been...
North and South America: A Continent-Spanning Drug Network
In early September 2016, the U.S. Coast Guard...
Why International News Coverage Is Biased
In past GNV articles, we have revealed various...
Global Poverty and Japan’s International News Coverage
Despite remarkable economic development and...
Africa’s Long-Running Regimes: The Road to Democratization
December 21, 2016, The Gambia, West Africa....
Disasters = Earthquakes? Japan’s Skewed View of Disasters
“Natural disasters strike when they are...
Western Sahara—A Region That Seems Like a Country but Isn’t: A Major Unresolved Issue in Northwest Africa
Do you know how many countries there are in...
