International conflict coverage in Japanese local daily newspapers

This study examines international news coverage in local newspapers in Japa n, a country with one of the most influential economies in the world. The s tudy shows that local daily Japanese newspapers dependent on wire services for international copy devote more of their space to international news and produce more international news about conflict and disaster than do newspa pers that do not depend on the services. International news coverage appear s not to be related to circulation size. The authors compare the results to similar characteristics of U.S. dailies.