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I’ve just checked and Wikipedia claims they have a branch in Tokyo.

Maybe I don’t understand what those headers in newspapers mean then.

Its not that deep. Laura He writes about Asian markets and business. Laura He lives in Hong Kong. No reason to get someone living in Tokyo to write the article if Laura He has the expertise, just to get some location header "correct".

Its simpler than that,

"Hong Kong, China (Asia Pacific regional headquarters)"

is what the wikipedia page lists for CNN.

Whats your point? That doesn't add or simplify anything. The point is that there is nothing weird in an article about japans economy is published from Hong Kong.

Yes, this is the correct explanation. Datelines are generally based on the writer’s location. I don’t know for sure that’s CNN policy, but it’s AP policy, which is widely followed.

The story was written by a human. The dateline at the top of a news story clarifies where that human actually is.

It was probably more impressive and relevant in 1930 but the convention remains for the most part unchanged.

I don't know why I am chasing this one because it ultimately does not really matter to either of us but I wanted to.

In Japan it looks like they have CNNj which afaik is the japanese translated version of CNN.

In Hong Kong I suspect they have an actual office for editorial staff, especially someone that works on the business/finance side of reporting. It would probably not be very interesting to have a business correspondent stationed in Japan from a CNN perspective.

CNN franchises around the would are something completely different.

If you thing CNN is bad, it is because you because you never watched its franchises. The one from Brazil is a far right news outlet that disseminates fake news.

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