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Author: Apipol Sae-Tung

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Apipol Sae-Tung is an Academic Coordinator at IAFOR, where he contributes to the development and execution of academic-related content and activities. He works closely with the Forum’s partner institutions and coordinates IAFOR’s Global Fellowship Programme. His recent activities include mediating conference reports for the Forum’s international conference programme and facilitating the IAFOR Undergraduate Research Symposium (IURS). Mr Sae-Tung began his career as a Program Coordinator for the Faculty of Political Science at Chulalongkorn University, Thailand. He was awarded the Japanese Government’s MEXT Research Scholarship and is currently pursuing a PhD at the Graduate School of International Development, Nagoya University, Japan. His research focuses on government and policy analysis, particularly on authoritarian regimes. He currently takes part in research projects on international student education in Thailand, Southeast Asian politics, Japan-Asia digital economy, and AI-language model training.
History, Politics, International Relations & Law

Challenging the ‘Big Lies’ of History: The Shōwa Restoration

Professor Brian Victoria of the Oxford Centre for Buddhist Studies, United Kingdom, argues that history in Japan was deliberately suppressed by the American occupation forces after 1945, who wanted a capitalist leader to serve as a fortress against Soviet communism in Asia.

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Japanese Newspaper Coverage of the World

At KAMC/MediAsia2025, scholars highlighted how Japanese newspaper coverage is shaped by systemic biases, resulting in an inward-looking press that disproportionately focuses on a few countries and neglects other nations. The discussion revealed how structural issues like the Japanese kisha club system and reliance on Western agendas contribute to shallow international reporting and declining public engagement.

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The Crisis of Attention: Structural Failures in Broadcast and News Media

Media industries have commodified and altered audience focus, sacrificing spontaneity, diversity, and authentic human connection for profit-driven, algorithmic content. As Professor Padmakumar K argues, commercial radio’s shift toward visibility and homogenisation has eroded its unique intimacy, urging a return to creative, storyteller-driven “Radio Jockey (RJ) excellence” to restore its distinct power.

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Media, Film & Journalism

Decolonising Film and Media History

Film studies and the film industry at large often fall into systemic biases regarding culture, race, and gender. Dominated by Western film theory and production, narratives from cultural, racial, or gender minorities are often treated as ‘pedestrian’, lacking value, or not being profitable enough.

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Cultural & Area Studies

Cooperating in Difficult Times: Making Interdisciplinarity Work

The IAFOR Online Forum moved beyond a simplistic definition of collaboration and interdisciplinarity to deeply explore its practical implementation, inherent challenges, and benefits. The key takeaways from the discussion are starting small, knowing your goals, building on mutual respect, self-awareness, focus and confidence building.

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