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Claude Lablanc | |
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Born | April 7, 1964 |
Occupation | Journalist, author, lecturer |
Nationality | French |
Claude Leblanc is a French journalist and author
Early life and education
[edit]A graduate of the Institut national des langues et civilisations orientales, his journalistic activities began while he was still a student. Bernard Béraud, a former journalist and founder of the publishing house Ilyfunet, entrusted him with a column on Japan in the Franco-Japanese newspaper OVNI (fr).[1]
Career
[edit]After working as a correspondent for Le Monde diplomatique and teaching in Japan from 1990 to 1993, he joined Courrier International, where he held a number of positions, including editor-in-chief. He also created the magazine's website (1995-1996).[2] He left the company in 2011 and joined Jeune Afrique as editor-in-chief until 2013.[3] In May 2013, he took part in the launch of L'Opinion, a daily newspaper founded by Nicolas Beytout, where, as a journalist and editorial writer, he covers Asian affairs.[4] He is also the founder of the free monthly Zoom Japon (fr).
Over the years, he has also written columns on international news for the Asahi Shimbun,[5] Japan's second-largest daily, and on sport and international relations for the Italian weekly Internazionale. Alongside his editorial activities, he teaches the ‘Views on Asia’ course at the Catholic University of Lille. He was also a lecturer for several years at Paris-Diderot University, where he taught a course entitled ‘Media and Power in Japan’.[6]
Books
[edit]- Le Japoscope, éd Ilyfunet. Ilyfunet, 1992-2003
- Ballon noir, with Pierre Cherruau, éd. L'Écailler du Sud, 2006
- Le Japon vu du train, éd. Ilyfunet, 2012
- Le Japon vu du train, nouvelle édition, éd. Ilyfunet, 2014
- L’Engrenage, éd. Kommiku, 2015
- C’est pas ma faute, co-written with Irène Inchauspé, éd. Cerf, 2015
- Le Japoscope 2017 - Le Japon à l'heure des grands défis, éd. Ilyfunet, 2017
- Chine - Le grand paradoxe, co-written with Jean-Pierre Raffarin, éd. Michel Lafon, 2019
- Le Japon vu par Yamada Yôji, éd. Ilyfunet, 2021, Japanese translation published by Otsuki Shoten in 2024
- Ne sortons pas de l'Histoire, co-written with Jean-Pierre Raffarin, éd. Michel Lafon, 2023
- La Révolution Garo 1945-2002, éd. IMHO, 2023, Chinese translation published bu Tokhiu Books in 2024
- Ishinomori Shôtarô - Il était une fois le Roi du manga, éd. IMHO, 2025
References
[edit]- ^ Simone, Gianni (November 3, 2012). "Free magazines zoom in on all things Japanese". The Japan Times.
- ^ "Les prétendants à la tête du Monde" [The contenders for the leadership of Le Monde]. Libération (in French). January 21, 2011.
- ^ "Les Chinois sont-ils en train de faire main basse sur l'Afrique ?" [Are the Chinese taking over Africa?]. atlantico.fr (in French). April 1, 2013.
- ^ "Claude Leblanc". www.lopinion.fr (in French).
- ^ "クロード・ルブランの記事". The Asahi Shimbun GLOBE + (in Japanese).
- ^ Brégowy, Philippe (January 25, 2019). "Saint-Jean-d'Angély : "Le Japon ne fait plus peur mais attire"" ["Japan is no longer feared, but admired"]. sudouest.fr (in French).