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'Impersonation Scam' - Akira Ikegami Warns About Fake Voice Messages

Japan's National Police Agency revealed on May 16 that the amount of money lost to impersonation investment scams on social media totaled 21.9 billion yen in just three months from January to March this year.

Revealing the Hidden World of Japan's Public Security Police

Akira Ikegami engages in a compelling conversation with Enkaku Katsumaru, a former member of the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department's Public Security Bureau, Foreign Affairs Division.

Taiwan digital minister Audrey Tang on how open, accountable tech aids democracy: Interview

TOKYO -- In the final days of 2021, journalist Akira Ikegami sat down for an online interview with Taiwan's digital minister Audrey Tang. Through a wi

Understanding why Japan's prime ministers tend to avoid staying in the official residency

Understanding why Japan's prime ministers tend to avoid staying in the official residency

Japanese news outlets report from the besieged citadel of American democracy

Jan 30, 2021 One of the oft-cited entries in Mao Zedong’s famous red book of quotations begins, “A revolution is not a dinner party.” Nor, would it appear, is a revolution a Mad Hatter’s costume ball. But one might not know it from the initial reactions in the Japanese media, which focused on the flamboyant garb of a certain individual who was part of the unruly mob that stormed the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6. How did the Japanese media react to these acts of mass civil disobedience? Initially the coverage concentrated on the antics of a 33-year-old exhibitionist from Arizona, a self-described “QAnon Shaman,” who pranced into the U.S. Senate chamber and posed for photographs while on the raised platform in front of Vice President Mike Pence’s chair.

2020's tribulations took us into our future and opened possibilities: Japan journalist

news 2020's tribulations took us into our future and opened possibilities: Japan journalist The Mainichi TOKYO -- "It's as if we're watching the future right now." So said Akira Ikegami of the current state of the world during a conversation with the Mainichi Shimbun. While 2020 has been greatly impacted by the novel coronavirus -- imposing limited activity and growth -- it has also been a year that opened paths to new possibilities. Ikegami, a freelance journalist, commentator and university lecturer who is known for breaking down news to make it more approachable, sat down with the Mainichi to talk about some of the significant changes the year has brought so far.