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Local newspapers and the language of reporting
Japan's prefectural and local newspapers remain widely read in many regions, and stories about relocation, closed schools and local revitalization are a staple of their community pages. A cooperator's first year, a new family moving in, or a project to record dialect often becomes a feature. News writing has its own register. Reporters hedge claims with expressions such as ~限りでは (as far as I found), ~とみられる and ~とされる; editorials and speeches use ~にあって and ~にとどまらず; and interviewees, aware that their words will be printed, often speak more formally than usual, owning mistakes in fixed phrases. The grammar of this lesson is the grammar of reporting and reflection: にとどまらず, にあって, 限りでは, であれ and きらいがある.