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Kyodo News
Japanese national, centrist wire service
Kyodo News is Japan's primary national wire service, structured as a nonprofit cooperative owned by its member media outlets rather than by a single company or government. It reports from a Japanese national perspective, covering diplomacy, trade, and international affairs factually without an overt editorial slant. On the Trump administration, its coverage focuses on U.S.-Japan relations — including tariff negotiations and security policy — and reads as neutral reporting rather than advocacy for or against the administration.
Owned byNonprofit cooperative owned collectively by its member Japanese newspapers and broadcasting organizations; no single private or government owner
LeaningJapanese national, centrist wire service
On the administrationmostly neutral
3average bias score across 1 story
1 = straight reporting · 10 = heavily spun
1 = straight reporting · 10 = heavily spun