Kyodo News

Kyodo News is a Japanese nonprofit news cooperative that supplies news reports, photographs, and other media to newspapers, broadcasters, and subscribers.

News agency: An organization that gathers news and distributes it to media outlets and other subscribers. Kyodo operates as a national news agency, supplying material to outlets that maintain their own editorial operations.
Dōmei News Agency: A Japanese news agency that operated from 1936 until its dissolution after World War II. Kyodo emerged from the postwar dissolution of Dōmei's centralized news organization.
Foreign correspondent: A journalist who reports from a country or region outside the organization’s home base. Kyodo maintains overseas reporting operations to cover events beyond Japan.
News media in Japan: The institutions and platforms that gather and distribute news to audiences in Japan. Kyodo is a central supplier within Japan's broader news-media system.
NHK: Japan's public broadcaster, funded primarily through reception fees and operating radio, television, and digital services. NHK produces and broadcasts its own news, unlike Kyodo's role as a supplier to other outlets.
News cooperative: A news agency owned or governed collectively by member media organizations. Kyodo's cooperative ownership distinguishes it from a privately owned commercial wire service.
1945: A year marked by the end of World War II and the beginning of the Allied occupation of Japan. Japan's surrender and occupation created the conditions for reorganizing its news agencies.
Photojournalism: The practice of documenting news events through photographs for publication or broadcast. Kyodo distributes images that let subscribing outlets illustrate current events.
Newspaper industry in Japan: The businesses and institutions that publish newspapers in Japan. Kyodo's reports help member and subscribing newspapers cover national and international events.
The Japan Times: An English-language newspaper published in Japan, founded in 1897. The Japan Times is a publishing outlet, while Kyodo distributes material to many outlets.

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