Kyodo News+ media bias and reliability
Media Bias/Fact Check places Kyodo News+ in the centre. We have seen it on 77 published stories of ours.
The short answers
Is Kyodo News+ biased?
Media Bias/Fact Check places Kyodo News+ in the centre. An outlet rating describes a broad pattern in its output, not every article it publishes.
Is Kyodo News+ left or right?
Media Bias/Fact Check places Kyodo News+ in the centre. In the three-way grouping used on story pages, that puts it under Centre.
Is Kyodo News+ reliable?
The factual-reliability assessments we hold for Kyodo News+ are Media Bias/Fact Check: High factuality. These are outlet-level assessments, not a guarantee that every report is correct.
What Kyodo News+ has been covering
Our account of each story, written from every outlet that ran it, with Kyodo News+’s own report linked underneath.
Japanese Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi met his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov and demanded the release of a Japanese national detained in Russia. Russia stated it had detained a Japanese journalist on suspicion of espionage.
Kyodo News+ reported it asBREAKING NEWS: Japan, Russia foreign ministers hold talks on fringes of G20 (opens Kyodo News+ in a new tab)
South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff reported that North Korea launched an unidentified projectile off its east coast on Thursday. Japan's Coast Guard suggested it could be a ballistic missile, a detail not widely reported.
Kyodo News+ reported it asBREAKING NEWS: Suspected missile likely fell outside Japan's exclusive economic zone (opens Kyodo News+ in a new tab)
Costa Rica has withdrawn its application to join the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership. President Laura Fernandez dismissed Foreign Trade Minister Indiana Trejos, citing a lack of transparency following protests from agricultural groups.
Kyodo News+ reported it asCosta Rica to drop bid for membership in trans-Pacific trade pact (opens Kyodo News+ in a new tab)
Russia launched a ballistic missile and drone attack on Kyiv on October 26-27, 2026. The strikes resulted in at least one death and multiple injuries, damaging key infrastructure like the Southern Bridge and subway lines.
Kyodo News+ reported it asKyiv's Kyoto Park hit in Russian missile attack, 1 killed (opens Kyodo News+ in a new tab)
The Russian Defence Ministry announced that its drones struck a workshop producing unmanned boats in the Chernomorsk port and hit several vessels, a cargo ship bound for Chornomorsk, a dry cargo ship carrying goods for the United States, and a supply ship heading to Odessa. No casualties were reported.
Kyodo News+ reported it asKyiv's Kyoto Park hit in Russian missile attack, 1 killed (opens Kyodo News+ in a new tab)
Ukraine has requested five European partners provide 10% of their existing interceptor missile stocks for Patriot and IRIS-T air defence systems. Defence Minister Yevhen Khmara proposed an exchange for future deliveries, while also highlighting the urgent need for MANPADS.
Kyodo News+ reported it asKyiv's Kyoto Park hit in Russian missile attack, 1 killed (opens Kyodo News+ in a new tab)
Ukrainian drones struck the Samara Linear Production and Dispatch Station in Russia's Samara region on the night of 2 November 2026. The facility, described as Europe's largest oil tank farm, has been targeted multiple times previously.
Kyodo News+ reported it asKyiv's Kyoto Park hit in Russian missile attack, 1 killed (opens Kyodo News+ in a new tab)
The US military has banned Chinese carmaker BYD's electric vehicles from Kadena Air Base in Okinawa, Japan. The ban, which began on Monday, is attributed to concerns over potential data leaks from vehicle cameras and sensors.
Kyodo News+ reported it asURGENT: U.S. Air Force bans BYD vehicles from Okinawa base over security concerns (opens Kyodo News+ in a new tab)
A 20-year-old U.S. Marine, Devin Ballard, has been indicted on suspicion of robbing and murdering a woman in Okinawa. The incident, which occurred in early October, has led to a curfew for U.S. military personnel and a protest from the Japanese government.
Kyodo News+ reported it asBREAKING NEWS: U.S. Marine indicted over robbery, murder of woman in Okinawa (opens Kyodo News+ in a new tab)
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has visited China, arriving in the border city of Dandong via a newly opened bridge. This marks his first visit to the country in more than a year, according to South Korean news agency Yonhap.
Kyodo News+ reported it asBREAKING NEWS: Strict traffic restrictions imposed in Chinese city bordering N. Korea (opens Kyodo News+ in a new tab)
Construction of a new town and port in Vietnam's Ho Chi Minh City region is underway, threatening the mangrove forests that protect the city from rising seas. Scientists warn the projects could disrupt natural defenses, increasing flood risk for the vulnerable metropolis.
Kyodo News+ reported it asCoastal construction projects threaten mangrove forest protecting Vietnam's biggest city (opens Kyodo News+ in a new tab)
A major security vulnerability discovered in the PHP programming language has led to widespread alerts and the precautionary shutdown of numerous websites globally. Developers are releasing patches to address the flaws.
Kyodo News+ reported it asVulnerabilities found in widely used PHP programming language (opens Kyodo News+ in a new tab)
A UN report states that global warming will inevitably surpass 1.5 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels. Current policies project a rise to 2.8 degrees by 2100, but immediate, significant emissions reductions could limit the peak and return temperatures to 1.5C by 2100.
Kyodo News+ reported it asAbove-1.5 C rise unavoidable amid insufficient climate action: U.N. report (opens Kyodo News+ in a new tab)
A United Nations report indicates humanity is heading for a hotter world than previously projected, partly due to increased emissions from the United States. If countries meet their reduction pledges, the Earth will likely warm by 2.2 degrees Fahrenheit (1.2 degrees Celsius).
Kyodo News+ reported it asAbove-1.5 C rise unavoidable amid insufficient climate action: U.N. report (opens Kyodo News+ in a new tab)
Vladimir Putin proposed a summit with Donald Trump and Xi Jinping to discuss the Ukraine conflict. The Kremlin confirmed discussions are underway, but no agreement has been reached on the meeting or its agenda.
Kyodo News+ reported it asTrump says open to holding 3-way nuclear talks with Xi, Putin (opens Kyodo News+ in a new tab)
Donald Trump has criticised the Norwegian Nobel Committee for not awarding him the 2026 Nobel Peace Prize. He posted on Truth Social on Saturday, listing his claimed achievements in settling wars and securing hostage releases.
Kyodo News+ reported it asNobel Peace laureate Pillay visits ICC to pay tribute to its work (opens Kyodo News+ in a new tab)
Leaders from the IMF and World Bank met in Bangkok to discuss the economic implications of artificial intelligence. Kristalina Georgieva stated AI infrastructure investment is supporting global growth, while Ajay Banga highlighted potential job creation in developing nations. The IMF also issued a warning about rising global debt.
Kyodo News+ reported it asIMF upgrades 2026 global growth outlook as AI boom in Asia continues (opens Kyodo News+ in a new tab)
President Donald Trump has suggested he may meet with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un during his upcoming Asia trip. Trump described a potential meeting as 'exciting' and said he 'gets along' with Kim.
Kyodo News+ reported it asBREAKING NEWS: Trump says he may meet Kim Jong Un during Asia trip next month (opens Kyodo News+ in a new tab)
Donald Trump has criticised the Norwegian Nobel Committee for awarding the 2026 Nobel Peace Prize to South African jurist Navi Pillay. He called the decision 'disgraceful and embarrassing' and an 'indelible stain' on Norway, claiming he had never heard of Pillay and that he deserved eight such awards for resolving conflicts.
Kyodo News+ reported it asBREAKING NEWS: Nobel prize to Pillay shows importance of int'l justice: ICC head Akane (opens Kyodo News+ in a new tab)
Nobel Peace Prize laureate Navi Pillay has criticised Donald Trump's sanctions against the International Criminal Court, calling them illegal and suggesting they were a reaction to her award. She also described the situation in Gaza as genocide and defended the UN's commission of inquiry.
Kyodo News+ reported it asBREAKING NEWS: Nobel prize to Pillay shows importance of int'l justice: ICC head Akane (opens Kyodo News+ in a new tab)
Who says so
One organisation has published a rating for this outlet. Where they disagree, the disagreement is the useful part and it is left standing.
- Media Bias/Fact CheckcenterCheck it
How reliably it reports fact
A rating of the newsroom in general, by others, and a different thing from the Trust score we publish on each story, which judges one piece of reporting.
High factuality
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Who owns it
We hold no ownership record for Kyodo News+.
Where it publishes from
- Publishes from
- Tokyo, Japan
- Official site
- kyodonews.net
- Seen publishing on
- english.kyodonews.net, kyodonews.net
- Access
- Free to read
- Wikipedia
- Entry
What we have seen ourselves
Counted across the stories this site has published, which is the only denominator a reader can check: every one of them has a page, and every page lists the reports it was written from.
- Stories
- 77
- Reports listed
- 78
- We could read
- 6
- First seen
- 4 August 2026
72 of those reports were paywalled or blocked to us. Our reading of this outlet is built on the 6 we could open, not on everything it published.
A blindspot is measured against one side of the spectrum. Kyodo News+ is rated centre, so there is no side for it to be counted against and we publish no figure here.
Across the 77 stories of ours where at least three of the reports we listed carried a time, another outlet was always ahead of Kyodo News+: its report arrived a median of 32 hours after the earliest one we logged.
Measured 2 November 2026. Last seen in a coverage list 2 November 2026. Ratings pulled 4 October 2026.
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