Asahi Shimbun Company controversies
Controversies tied to this brand in public sources. A listing is not a finding of fault.
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2021
Aera Dot apologizes and corrects headline after criticism
Company response
Aera Dot apologized and corrected a headline after criticism of its coverage of murder suspects, which highlighted their anime and Virtual YouTuber hobbies. The headline was changed to remove the reference to those hobbies.
Company response
Apology — Aera Dot
We apologize and have corrected the headline accordingly.
Clarification — Aera Dot
The article follows the actions of the suspects of the incident; their hobbies are unrelated to their charge.
Source excerpt
On Thursday, the article's headline was changed from "The Surprising Motivation Behind the 'Babiniku' and Anime-Loving Newlyweds In Their 20s Who Murdered a High School Girl" to "The Surprising Motivation Behind the Newlyweds In Their 20s Who Murdered a High School Girl."
We apologize and have corrected the headline accordingly.
The article, which profiled the suspects of the murder of a high school girl, was strongly criticized for highlighting the suspects' anime and Virtual YouTuber hobbies in the headline.
2014
Comfort-women reporting controversy
Asahi Shimbun acknowledged that some articles concerning wartime comfort women relied on testimony later judged unreliable and issued corrections or retractions. The matter generated substantial domestic criticism, political pressure and international debate about the newspaper’s editorial responsibility and the historical record.