Bias Meter▼
News▼
Pricing & Services▼
Discussions▼
Tools▼
About▼
Back
to Media Ratings List

Bias Meter

Extremely
Liberal

Very
Liberal

Somewhat Liberal

Center

Somewhat Conservative

Very
Conservative

Extremely
Conservative

-100%
Liberal

100%
Conservative

Bias Meter

  • Ranking
  • Blog
  • Contact
  • Creations
The Japan Times is Japan's largest and oldest English-language daily newspaper. The niche for the Japan Times is local news, and it mainly focuses on opinion, sport, culture, and politics. It was founded by Motosada Zumoto in 1897 and is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan. The paper is currently led by President Takeharu Tsutsumi and is owned by News2u Holdings, Inc. According to SimilarWeb, the website japantimes.co.jp has a total of 2.7 million visitors and is ranked 21788 in the United States.
The is ranked 2,587 among other media sources and has an average of 2,841,000 monthly visits according to Similar Web.
Follow

The has a Bias Score of 2% Center which is based on a variety of factors including its policy and politician leanings, article ratings, and the use of biased language. Its Reliability is rated as Good, and additional analytical insights are available in the other tabs.

  • Bias Rating

    2% Center

  • Reliability
    71% Reliable Good
  • Policy Leanings

    6% Center

    Extremely
    Liberal

    Very
    Liberal

    Moderately
    Liberal

    Somewhat Liberal

    Center

    Somewhat Conservative

    Moderately
    Conservative

    Very
    Conservative

    Extremely
    Conservative

    -100%
    Liberal

    100%
    Conservative

    Poor Reliability

    *Our bias meter rating uses data science including sentiment analysis, machine learning and our proprietary algorithm for determining biases in news articles. Bias scores are on a scale of -100% to 100% with higher negative scores being more liberal and higher positive scores being more conservative and 0% being neutral. The rating is an independent analysis and is not affiliated nor sponsored by the news source or any other organization.

  • Politician Portrayal

    56% negative

Ratings are based on recent news using data science and A.I. technology.