A court on Monday ordered publisher Kodansha and the chief editor of its weekly magazine Friday to pay ¥2.2 million in damages to a comedian over defamatory reporting. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/11/25/japan/crime-legal/kodansha-comedian-damages/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #kodansha #japanesecourts #hitoshimatsumoto #tokyo #japanesemagazines #magazines
With a seemingly bottomless pool of talent in Japan to draw from, why go abroad in search of artists? https://www.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2025/10/25/books/kodansha-manga-spain/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #culture #books #manga #kodansha #morningmagazine #konata