is a
news agency
A news agency is an organization that gathers news reports and sells them to subscribing news organizations, such as newspapers, magazines and radio and television broadcasters. A news agency may also be referred to as a wire service, newswir ...
in
Japan.
History
Jiji was formed in November 1945 following the breakup of
Domei Tsushin Domei is the name of:
* Dōmei Tsushin, former news agency in the Empire of Japan
* Japanese Confederation of Labour
The Japanese Confederation of Labour (Domei; ja, 全日本労働総同盟) was a national trade union federation in Japan.
The ...
, the government-controlled news service responsible for disseminating information prior to and during
World War II
World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposing ...
. Jiji inherited Domei's business-oriented news operations, while
Kyodo News inherited its general public-oriented news operations. In later years Jiji developed ties with
UPI
United Press International (UPI) is an American international news agency whose newswires, photo, news film, and audio services provided news material to thousands of newspapers, magazines, radio and television stations for most of the 20th c ...
, the
Associated Press
The Associated Press (AP) is an American non-profit news agency headquartered in New York City. Founded in 1846, it operates as a cooperative, unincorporated association. It produces news reports that are distributed to its members, U.S. ne ...
,
AFP,
Reuters
Reuters ( ) is a news agency owned by Thomson Reuters Corporation. It employs around 2,500 journalists and 600 photojournalists in about 200 locations worldwide. Reuters is one of the largest news agencies in the world.
The agency was esta ...
and other international news organizations.
In 2011, Jiji reported that
Olympus CEO
Michael Woodford blackmailed company management into appointing him CEO in exchange for promises to cover up an accounting fraud scandal. Woodford argued that "the so-called unnamed sources at Olympus had clearly lied,
ndJiji had without proper scrutiny and challenge simply reported those lies." Jiji later withdrew the report and apologized.
In 2012, Jiji president Masahiro Nakata resigned after it was found that a Jiji writer in
Washington, D.C. copied an article wired by
Kyodo News.
Corporate structure
Jiji is run as an employee-owned
corporation
A corporation is an organization—usually a group of people or a company—authorized by the state to act as a single entity (a legal entity recognized by private and public law "born out of statute"; a legal person in legal context) and ...
and is not publicly traded, nor does it have non-employee shareholders. Jiji has news bureaus throughout Japan and in many major cities worldwide.
Jiji is the third-largest shareholder in
Dentsu
Dentsu Inc. ( ja, 株式会社電通 ''Kabushiki-gaisha Dentsū'' or 電通 ''Dentsū'' for short) is a Japanese international advertising and public relations joint stock company headquartered in Tokyo. Dentsu is currently the largest advertis ...
, holding 5.85% of the outstanding stock (16.9 million shares) as of December 2016.
References
External links
English news siteJapanese news siteCorporate site
(Japanese)
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News agencies based in Japan
Mass media in Tokyo