Mission
OsakaWire publishes long-form intelligence reports on subjects that shape the world but are poorly covered by mainstream outlets — structural economic shifts, resource conflicts, public health crises, and geopolitical realignments.
Every report is written for an informed general audience. We assume readers are intelligent but not specialists. Technical concepts are explained. Jargon is avoided. Claims are sourced.
Editorial Standards
OsakaWire follows a strict evidence-based methodology:
- Every claim is graded. We assign evidence tiers — Established Fact, Strong Evidence, Contested, Myth, or Unknown — to individual claims, not entire articles. Readers always know the confidence level.
- Every source is linked. Citations point to primary sources: peer-reviewed research, official government data, court filings, and verified reporting. We do not cite unnamed officials or unverifiable leaks.
- Corrections are transparent. If a claim is found to be incorrect or a source is disputed, the article is updated with a visible correction note. We do not silently edit published work.
- No advertising influence. Editorial decisions are independent of advertising revenue. Advertisers have no input on content selection, evidence grading, or article conclusions.
Editorial Process
Every OsakaWire report goes through a structured editorial workflow. Each step is the responsibility of the editor — research tools accelerate the work but do not replace editorial judgment.
- Topic selection. The editor identifies subjects of structural importance that are under-covered or distorted in mainstream reporting. Topic priority is set by editorial judgment, not by traffic or advertiser interest.
- Primary source research. The editor gathers peer-reviewed studies, official statistics, government filings, court records, technical reports, and credible long-form journalism. Research tools assist in locating sources; the editor reads, evaluates, and selects them.
- Source verification. Each source is checked for authorship, methodology, conflicts of interest, and date. Claims that cannot be traced to a verifiable origin are excluded.
- Drafting. Reports are drafted by the editor, who structures the argument, decides what to include, and writes the analysis. Drafting and translation tools are used as part of the workflow, but every paragraph is reviewed, edited, and rewritten as needed by the editor.
- Evidence tier assignment. The editor manually assigns one of five tiers to each significant claim — Established Fact, Strong Evidence, Contested, Myth, or Unknown — based on the quality and convergence of available sources.
- Fact-check pass. Before publication, every numerical claim, quotation, and citation is verified against the original source one more time.
- Publication and corrections. Once published, articles remain open to correction. Verified errors are fixed transparently, with a visible correction note. We do not silently rewrite published work.
OsakaWire is transparent about using research and language tools to support this workflow. The editorial decisions — what to publish, how to evaluate evidence, which claims to make, and what conclusions to draw — are made by the editor.
Independence
OsakaWire is editorially independent. Advertising revenue, when present, has no influence over which topics are covered, how evidence is graded, or what conclusions reports reach. The publication accepts no sponsored content, no paid placements, and no embargoed access in exchange for favorable coverage.
If a conflict of interest exists for a given report — for example, if the editor has a personal connection to a subject — it is disclosed in the article itself.
Languages
OsakaWire publishes in 4 languages:
- English — Primary language of publication
- French — For Francophone Africa and Europe
- Japanese — For Japan's domestic readership
- Spanish — For Spanish-speaking readers worldwide
Publisher
OsakaWire is based in Osaka, Japan. The publication is edited by Florent Herisson.
For inquiries, see our contact page.