👤 Justin McCurry in Tokyo

5 articles tracked

About this journalist

Articles
5
2026-09-04 – 2026-10-19
Claims per article
14
72 extracted in total
Hedged claims
18%
corpus average 9%
Typical length
2,570
characters
Writes for The Guardian.
Hedged claims are ones written with attribution or uncertainty (“reportedly”, “according to”). A higher rate is not a fault: it is often careful sourcing. How these are measured.

What they cover

Crime & Law
20%
Economy/Business
20%
Environment
20%
Politics
20%
Technology
20%
Most-tagged topics
JapanJapaneseAgence France-PresseAsahi BreweriesDanjiriIAEAKangsonKirin Brewery

Leaning

Not enough articles to place this byline.
2 scored articles; a leaning average needs at least 8 before it says more about the writer than about which stories they happened to be assigned. Their outlet averages -0.26 (leans left).

More from this journalist

Ordered by how many newsrooms covered the same event.
2026-09-30 · The Guardian · Technology
AI tool that copied actor’s ‘lustrous’ voice violated his rights, says Tokyo court
2 outlets covered this event · leans left
2026-10-19 · The Guardian · Crime & Law
Safety concerns mount over Japan’s traditional festivals after string of fatal accidents
no other outlet in the corpus covered this
2026-10-08 · The Guardian · Economy/Business
Japan beer giants raided over suspicions they colluded to set the price of beverages
no other outlet in the corpus covered this
2026-09-11 · The Guardian · Politics
North Korea has built new uranium facility to expand nuclear arsenal, UN agency says
no other outlet in the corpus covered this
2026-09-04 · The Guardian · Environment
Japan halves speed limit to 30km/h on all narrow city streets
no other outlet in the corpus covered this · leans left

What they said would happen

2026-09-04 · The Guardian
Japan halves speed limit to 30km/h on all narrow city streets
🔮 Authorities hopes the restrictions will address concerns that residential areas are not experiencing the same improvements in safety seen on larger roads. mixed
2026-09-11 · The Guardian
North Korea has built new uranium facility to expand nuclear arsenal, UN agency says
🔮 Citing a 2025 analysis by the James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies in the US, South Korea’s Chosun Daily said the potential 28 cascades comprising 4,592 centrifuges at the Yongbyon facility could yield about 85 kg of weapons-grade highly enriched uranium a year – enough to build three or four additional warheads. mixed
2026-09-30 · The Guardian
AI tool that copied actor’s ‘lustrous’ voice violated his rights, says Tokyo court
🔮 Tsuda, 55, claimed that the 188 TikTok videos uploaded on an anonymous account between July 2024 and September last year had been narrated by a “deep” and “lustrous” voice that could only be his. assertive
2026-10-08 · The Guardian
Japan beer giants raided over suspicions they colluded to set the price of beverages
🔮 Japanese authorities have raided the country’s four biggest breweries over suspicions they colluded to set the price of beer and other beverages – a practice media reports said could have forced drinkers to pay over the odds. assertive
2026-10-19 · The Guardian
Safety concerns mount over Japan’s traditional festivals after string of fatal accidents
🔮 Akihiro Nabae, the deputy mayor of Saijo in western Japan, was carrying a giant float with other participants in a festival on Saturday when he became trapped beneath the structure, Agence France-Presse reported. assertive
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