Japans nieuws in het Engels is dunner dan het lijkt.
De Engelstalige Japanse pers is maar een fractie van de binnenlandse, en wat er wél vertaald wordt, helt over naar wat een internationaal publiek verondersteld wordt belangrijk te vinden. Lees je alleen dat, dan krijg je een versie van Japan die voor buitenstaanders is samengesteld.
shortnews.be leest The Japan Times en The Mainichi in het Engels en NHK in het Japans, en vat dan samen in 60 woorden. Die NHK-lijn doet ertoe: ze zorgt dat binnenlandse verhalen de feed halen, of een Engelse redactie ze die dag nu de moeite van het vertalen vond of niet.
Japan krijgt een eigen tabblad, naast België. Zelfde formaat, zelfde lengte, even weinig clickbait — op één swipe van het Belgische nieuws dat je ook moet bijhouden.
De koppen hieronder zijn samengevat in het Engels, de taal van deze feed. Ze worden niet vertaald.
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Kies Japan als je thuisland in de instellingen en de krantenkoppen van daar krijgen een eigen tabblad. België blijft precies zoals het is. Gratis, en geen account nodig.
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