“Asian Dispatch”, an Asian investigative network was formed in April 2024, and Tansa joined it as a starting member. We are the only member from Japan. In addition to us, 18 other media organizations are members from Bangladesh, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, the Philippines, and Sri Lanka. 

With those members from Asian Dispatch, we will work closely on the social problems happening across the border.

Asian Dispatch mostly focuses on these 4 points:

 

① Investigative Journalism

 

② Diverse and unique Asian stories and experiences that can compete with the global media industry

 

③ Digital Journalism

 

④ Cross-border collaborations to speak up for the victims, not for national interests

Since its inception, Tansa has focused on international collaborative reporting. With the addition of Asian Dispatch, we will continue to accelerate that.  

The cross-country coverages Tansa has conducted include:

 

Coal Crusades

Partner: KCIL Newstapa(South Korea), Tempo(Indonesia), FoE Japan(Japan), and WALHI(Indonesia)

 

How Tokyo’s suburban housing became vast ghettoes for the old

Partner: The Guardian(the U.K.)

 

Death on Distant Water  

Partner: Mongabay(the U.S.)

 

Blowing Unsmoke

Partner: 10 reporting organizations including Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project(or OCCRP) and others

 

CumEx Files

Partner: 17 reporting organizations including CORRECTIVE(Germany) and others

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