The editorial department in Tokyo has been organized into twelve groups: foreign news, political affairs, business, city news, education, community-based news, culture, living, labour, medical care, science and sports. All, expert staff, housed in ‘centres’ are now split into six centres: page-makeup/copy-reading, photo, design, opinion polls, proofreading and aviation

The editorial department at the Osaka head office is separated into six groups: business, city news, community news, living/culture, science/medical care and sports. Also, there are three groups handling opinion/commentary, the weekend supplement ‘be’, and letters from readers. The expert centres will be just three: page-makeup/copy-reading, photo
and proofreading

In September this year, the Tokyo office will be segmented further with the three editorial groups in charge of foreign news, political affairs and business being reorganized into four groups: foreign policy/international affairs, political affairs, economic policy, and industry/finance

The reforms are ‘aimed at (1) creating a flexible organization that swiftly responds to changes in the times and readers’ interest, (2) reinforcing the editors, and (3) ending the sense of belonging to a division to create higher-quality editorial content that meets readers’ expectations’.


Source: NSK News Bulletin Online