Scandal in Japan

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Celebrity Scandal
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Horie Takafumi
Ichirō
Ichirō Ozawa
Japanese Mainstream Media
Japanese society
Japanese Tv
Journalistic Rituals
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Local Tv Station
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Media Scandal
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Michael Woodford
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Ozawa Ichiro
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Sakai Noriko
Scandal Narrative
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social ritual
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Tanaka Kakuei
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Yomiuri Shimbun

Product details

  • ISBN 9781032472492
  • Weight: 240g
  • Dimensions: 156 x 234mm
  • Publication Date: 18 Dec 2024
  • Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
  • Publication City/Country: GB
  • Product Form: Paperback
  • Language: English
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This book is an exploration of media scandals in contemporary Japanese society. In shedding new light on the study of scandal in Japan, the book offers a novel view of scandal as a specific mediatized ritual which follows moral disturbances throughout Japanese history. Media and society are analyzed largely in terms of social performances, while the focus is on how Japanese transgressors talk and act when explaining their scandals to the public. A detailed analysis of three case studies is provided: the drug scandal of the popular Japanese celebrity Sakai Noriko; the donation scandal centering the heavyweight politician Ozawa Ichirō; and the Olympus accounting fraud revealed by the British CEO Michael Woodford.

This book will appeal to students and scholars of Japanese culture and society, anthropology, communication and media studies.

Igor Prusa is a Czech scholar in Japanese studies and media studies, currently affiliated with Ambis University, Prague. He worked at the Czech Academy of Sciences. Prusa received his first PhD in media studies at Prague’s Charles University in 2010. In 2017 he defended his second doctoral thesis at the University of Tokyo. His research interests include contemporary Japanese society, media scandals, and anti-heroism in popular fiction. His research has appeared in a wide range of publications, including Media, Culture & Society and Japan Forum. Apart from his academic activities, Igor Prusa is a music composer in a Japan-themed band, Nantokanaru.