Norimitsu Onishi

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Norimitsu Onishi
Born
The Detroit Free Press

Norimitsu Onishi (大西 哲光, Ōnishi Norimitsu) is a

New York Times, after holding the position as Bureau Chief in Johannesburg, Jakarta, Tokyo and Abidjan.[1]

He was a member of The New York Times reporting team that received the 2015

Ebola virus epidemic in West Africa.[2] Team members named by The Times were Pam Belluck, Helene Cooper, Sheri Fink, Adam Nossiter, Onishi, Kevin Sack, and Ben C. Solomon.[3]

In November 2018, Onishi wrote an article about the lonely deaths of the elderly in Japan, titled "A Generation in Japan Faces a Lonely Death" for which he was nominated as a 2018 Pulitzer Prize for Feature Writing finalist.[4] Readers thanked Norimitsu for his "profoundly moving piece" about two people who live alone in a danchi, a sprawling government apartment complex, outside Tokyo.[5]

Career

Onishi was born in Ichikawa, Chiba Prefecture, Japan. When he was four years old, Onishi and his family immigrated to Montreal, Quebec, Canada, where he attended college Jean-de-Brébeuf. He attended Princeton University and served as the chief editor of the student newspaper.[6]

Onishi was a reporter for

The Detroit Free Press from 1992 until 1993.[citation needed] In December 1993, he joined The New York Times where he began as police reporter from January to July 1994 and city weekly reporter from July 1994 to March 1995.[citation needed] He went on to become the Queens bureau chief from March 1995 to September 1997 and later the West Africa bureau chief from 1998 to 2002.[7]

Onishi became the

Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster.[8]

While reporting in West Africa, Onishi is credited with coining the word

ebola virus epidemic in West Africa from Liberia.[10][11][12]

Since July 2019, he is a Paris correspondent.[1]

Onishi received the 2020 Gerald Loeb Award for Breaking News for "Crash in Ethiopia".[13]

Criticism

Onishi has accused various Japanese politicians of historical revisionism, particularly on the topics of the

leftist perspective and having a strong "anti-Japan" bias, which, they suggest, helps foster vilification of Japan abroad. This is partially due to Onishi's criticisms of Japan's most influential far-right organisation and lobby, Nippon Kaigi
, which has members including prominent Japanese politicians and former prime ministers.

Another article, "Letter from Asia: Why Japan Seems Content to Be Run by One Party"

Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan for being "an incorrect article."[19] In it, Onishi referred to Japan's democracy as an "illusion" and immature, comparing its government to that of North Korea and China.[20]

His article on December 17, 2006, "Japan Rightists Fan Fury Over North Korea Abductions,"

North Korean abductions of Japanese is influenced by political bias.[24] Some Japanese conservatives even made unproven claims that Onishi is a naturalized Japanese citizen of Korean descent.[25][26]

References

  1. ^ a b "Norimitsu Onishi - The New York Times". www.nytimes.com. Retrieved 2020-02-14.
  2. ^ "2015 Pulitzer Prizes: Journalism". www.pulitzer.org.
  3. ^ Times, The New York (April 20, 2015). "2015 Pulitzer Prize Winners in Journalism, Letters, Drama and Music (Published 2015)" – via NYTimes.com.
  4. ^ "Finalist: Norimitsu Onishi of The New York Times". www.pulitzer.org.
  5. ^ Takenaga, Lara (December 2, 2017). "'It Reads Like Poetry': Readers Respond to a Story of Loneliness and Death in Japan (Published 2017)" – via NYTimes.com.
  6. Asahi Shimbun
    , September 21, 2003. (in Japanese)
  7. ^ "Norimitsu Onishi - The New York Times". www.nytimes.com.
  8. ^ "Finalist: The New York Times Staff". Pulitzer Prize. Retrieved September 6, 2018.
  9. ^ Okome, Onookome. (2017). "Africa in Nollywood, Nollywood in Africa." In D L Hodgson and J A Byfield (Ed.), Global Africa: Into the Twenty-First Century (pp. 347-355) Oakland, CA: University of California Press.
  10. ^ "Reporting on Ebola: First rule is you don't touch anyone". Washington Post. Retrieved 28 October 2014.
  11. ^ Onishi, Norimitsu; Mouawad, Jad (October 3, 2014). "Ebola Patient's Journey Shows How Global Travel Spreads Disease (Published 2014)" – via NYTimes.com.
  12. ^ Fernandez, Manny; Onishi, Norimitsu (October 1, 2014). "U.S. Patient Aided Ebola Victim in Liberia (Published 2014)" – via NYTimes.com.
  13. ^ Trounson, Rebecca (November 13, 2020). "Anderson School of Management announces 2020 Loeb Award winners in business journalism" (Press release). UCLA Anderson School of Management. Retrieved November 13, 2020.
  14. ISSN 0362-4331
    . Retrieved 2023-09-30.
  15. ISSN 0362-4331
    . Retrieved 2023-09-30.
  16. ^ Nishimura, Kohyu (2006-05-10). 反日スプリンクラーとして世界に歪曲・偏向記事を垂れ流すＮＹＴ東京支局長 (in Japanese). SAPIO. pp. 76–78.
  17. ^ Komori, Yoshihisa (2006-12-01). 世界の「反日レッド・ペーパー」研究 〜日本悪玉論を喧伝する国際偏向報道に反撃を〜 (in Japanese). Seiron magazine. pp. 54–58.
  18. New York Times
    . Retrieved 2007-01-03.
  19. ^ 自民党「支配」中朝と同一視 米紙ＮＹタイムズ報道 外務省、不公正と"抗議 (in Japanese). Sankei Shimbun. 2005-09-03. Archived from the original on 2006-05-23. Retrieved 2007-01-03.
  20. ^ Onishi, Norimitsu (2005-09-07). "Why Japan Seems Content to Be Run by One Party". The New York Times.
  21. ^ Onishi, Norimitsu (2006-12-17). "Japan Rightists Fan Fury Over North Korea Abductions". The New York Times. Retrieved 2007-01-03.
  22. ^ Nakayama, Kyoko (2006-12-25). "Abductions in Japan". International Herald Tribune. Retrieved 2007-01-03.
  23. ^ ＮＹタイムズ拉致「扇動」記事 政府が反論文投稿 (in Japanese). Sankei Shimbun/Yahoo! News. 2006-12-29. Archived from the original on January 8, 2007. Retrieved 2007-01-03.
  24. ^ Snitch, Thomas H. (2006-12-28). ＮＹタイムズ 拉致問題「右翼扇動」記事 政治的偏見による日本批判 (in Japanese). Sankei Shimbun.
  25. ^ Takayama, Masayuki (July 13, 2006). 変幻自在 207: 似非日本人. Shukan Shincho (in Japanese): 146.
  26. ^ "「NYタイムズ」東京支局長は「反日記事」がお好き" (in Japanese). Shukan Shincho. March 2003. p. 58.

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