TY - GEN AU - Pharr, Susan J. AU - Krauss, Ellis S. TI - Media and politics in Japan SN - 9780824817619 U1 - 302.230952 PY - 1996/// CY - Honolulu PB - University of Hawaii Press KW - Social science KW - Mass media - Political aspects - Japan KW - Japan - Politics and government - 1945- N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index N2 - Japan is one of the most media-saturated societies in the world. The circulations of its "big five" national newspapers dwarf those of any major American newspaper. Its public service broadcasting agency, NHK, is second only to the BBC in size. And it has a full range of commercial television stations, high-brow and low-brow magazines, and a large anti-mainstream media and mini-media. ER -