Tokyo Reporter Explained

The Tokyo Reporter is a Japanese English-language news website whose reporting is based on Japanese tabloid journalism.^[1]

The Tokyo Reporter

Founded in 2008 by Brett Bull, a U.S. engineer working in Tokyo, the website translates or adapts reports by Japanese tabloid media about such topics as crime, sex and entertainment in Japan. The Washington Post described it as a "hybrid of the National Enquirer, the New York Post and Penthouse". The Post wrote that, because Japanese tabloids are less reliant on authorities for their content than Japanese mainstream media, and less concerned about the international reputation of the nation, Tokyo Reporter projects a less sanitized image of Japan to the outside world than the English language versions of mainstream media.^[2]

On January 26, 2022, the closure of TokyoReporter was formally announced.^[3] Since March 20, 2023, news articles were being released again on the website,^[4] although at a lower frequency than before the closure period.

Brett Bull

Brett Bull, a civil engineer for a Japanese construction company in Ōtsuka,^[5] an author^[6] and a freelance journalist,^[7] writes for Variety,^[8] Metropolis Japan Magazine,^[9] The New York Times,^[10] Japan Today^[11] The Japan Times,^[12] Loafer's Magazine,^[13] and others.^[14] From 17 November 1999 to 29 December 2007, he wrote as Captain Japan for his Sake-Drenched Postcards.^{[15] [16]}

Works

• Book: Bull . Brett . Kuroi . Hiromitsu . More Secrets of the Ninja: Their Training, Tools and Techniques . 2008 . DH Publishing Inc . . 978-1-932897-51-7 . en . Tokyo publisher of Japanese pop culture books for the English speaking world..
• Book: Bull . Brett . Kuriyama . Naohisa . Small house Tokyo : how the Japanese live well in small spaces. . 2008 . Cocoro Books . . 9781932897456 . Cocoro Books is an imprint of Tokyo-based DH Publishing.
• Book: Bull . Brett . Janette . Misha . Clancy . Judith . Farris . Jay . Goss . Rob . Kitano . Noriko . Morel . Robert . Parker . Emma . Sasagawa . Annamarie . Wilson . Chris . Fodor's Japan . 2016 . . New York . 978-1-101-87971-9 . 22nd.
• Book: Bull . Brett . Fodor's Tokyo . 2011 . . New York . 978-0-307-48050-7 . 4th.

Notes and References

1. News: Info . 14 April 2022 . Tokyo Reporter . Published by Tokyo Reporter Media, The Tokyo Reporter was founded in 2008.
2. News: Fifield . Anna . Japan's most salacious crime news — and the American who publishes it . 24 April 2016 . . 23 April 2016.
3. Web site: That's All Folks . 26 January 2022 .
4. Web site: Model Jessica Michibata accused of possessing Ecstasy . 20 March 2023 .
5. News: Wilks . Jon . 6 Tokyo Tweeters who kept the city informed . 14 April 2022 . . 18 March 2011 . en . The Sendai earthquake hit at 2.46pm, March 11..
6. Web site: Bull, Brett - Overview . https://web.archive.org/web/20160919011558/https://worldcat.org/identities/lccn-nb2010022356/ . 2016-09-19.
7. News: Williams . Jamie . Social Media's Role as a Crucial Lifeline During Japan Disaster . 14 April 2022 . . . 13 April 2011 . en.
8. News: Brett Bull (author) . 14 April 2022 . Variety.
9. News: Sign of the Times . 14 April 2022 . Metropolis Japan Magazine . Japan Partnership Holdings Inc. . 28 August 2008.
10. News: Bull . Brett . Japan Celebrates New Home Run King . 14 April 2022 . . 15 September 2013.
11. News: Bull . Brett . Last call for Kabukicho red-light district . 14 April 2022 . . 2008-12-22 . en.
12. News: Brett Bull (author) . 14 April 2022 . The Japan Times.
13. News: Bull . Brett . The King of Japanese Satellite Television Smut . 14 April 2022 . Loafer's Magazine . 14 . 2005.
14. News: Bull . Brett . The Gangster's Castle . 14 April 2022 . . Japan Inc Communications, Inc. . 31 August 2008 . en . The bizarre case of yakuza, property rights and fraud—scrabbling to make a fortune in Roppongi real estate.
15. Web site: Archives 1999 . Sake-Drenched Postcards . bigempire.com . 14 April 2022.
16. Web site: Archives 2007 . Sake-Drenched Postcards . bigempire.com . 14 April 2022.