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506 journalists in Japan (September 2026)

506 journalists are on file in Japan, 0.4% of the 127,602 on file. 147 are reporters and 193 are editors.

Source: JournalistLabs, September 2026

Updated 2026-09-15

506 Journalists on file
147 Reporters
193 Editors
1.31 Editors per reporter

Japan has 1.31 editors on file for every reporter. Across the whole file it is 54,548 editors to 46,013 reporters. Source: JournalistLabs, September 2026.

Roles

RoleJournalistsShare in Japan
Editors 193 38.1%
Reporters 147 29.1%
Other editorial 93 18.4%
Correspondents 46 9.1%
Anchors and presenters 14 2.8%
Columnists 10 2.0%
News producers 3 0.6%

Source: JournalistLabs, September 2026.

Beats

155 of the 506 journalists on file in Japan carry a beat word in their title or headline. The shares below are of those titled rows.

BeatTitled journalistsShare of titled rows
Finance and markets 26 16.8%
Foreign affairs 19 12.3%
Economics 16 10.3%
Business 14 9.0%
Culture and arts 11 7.1%
Technology 10 6.5%
Politics 10 6.5%
Sports 7 4.5%
Health 5 3.2%
Investigative 5 3.2%
Climate and environment 4 2.6%
AI 4 2.6%

A share is printed only when the country's titled rows reach 40. Source: JournalistLabs, September 2026.

Outlets in Japan

OutletTypeJournalists in JapanAll journalists on file
Nikkei Newspapers 163 234
Bloomberg Online outlets 61 1,785
The Japan Times Newspapers 38 41
Jiji Press Online outlets 38 80
NHK World Japan Broadcasters 29 40
Reuters Wire agencies 19 710
The Wall Street Journal (Dow Jones) Newspapers 13 1,535
Stars and Stripes Newspapers 12 49
AFP Wire agencies 10 865
Itmedia Inc Online outlets 10 11
Associated Press Wire agencies 8 1,057
The New York Times Newspapers 5 2,168
US Frontline News Broadcasters 4 11
HuffPost Newspapers 4 184
The Economist Magazines 3 257
Editor & Publisher Magazines 3 75
Sankei Shimbun Newspapers 3 12
Anime News Network Online outlets 3 11
Financial Times Newspapers 3 595
Asahi Interactive, Inc Online outlets 2 2

Ranked by the journalists on file whose own profile is in Japan, which is not the same as the outlet's country. Source: JournalistLabs, September 2026.

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JournalistLabs, 506 journalists in Japan, September 2026, https://journalistlabs.com/journalists/country/japan/.

Base: 127,602 journalists on file. Method: https://journalistlabs.com/method/.

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