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  "source": {
    "slug": "asahi-shimbun",
    "name": "Asahi Shimbun",
    "domain": "asahi.com",
    "category": "News",
    "summary": "Japan's tier-1 daily since 1879; English edition asahi.com/ajw partial open access.",
    "founded": 1879,
    "verified": "2026-04-28",
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      "value": 71,
      "grade": "B",
      "rationale": "B — premier Japanese-language source; English edition limited; paywall + Japanese-language reduces Modern Ref.",
      "signals": [
        {
          "label": "Composite",
          "detail": "Discipline 80 + Modern Reference 65 + Velocity 68."
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      "grade": "B",
      "rationale": "Long editorial tradition; named bylines; corrections public; fact-check department.",
      "signals": [
        {
          "label": "Editorial standards",
          "detail": "One of Japan's two papers of record (with Yomiuri)."
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      "signals": [
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          "label": "Language gate",
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      "value": 68,
      "grade": "C",
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          "label": "Japanese-language authority",
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