The 'News Checkup 2024,' a joint project by Asahi Shimbun and LINE Yahoo, has received the 'Home Award' at the DIGITAL POSITIVE ACTION AWARDS 2026, an event aimed at recognizing excellent educational materials that enhance digital media skills and knowledge. The award ceremony took place in Tokyo on the 16th, showcasing the importance of improving media literacy amid the current landscape of misinformation on the internet and social media.

This initiative addresses the prevalent challenge of navigating misinformation by providing participants with quizzes designed to bolster their ability to assess information accurately. Divided into three themes: 'reading ability,' 'discerning ability,' and 'communicative ability,' the quiz format exposes users to fundamental concepts they should acquire when engaging with information, from consumption to social media dissemination. Each theme consists of five questions, and participants receive a diagnostic of their correctness, alongside expert interviews and video explanations as a prescription for further learning.

Launched on Yahoo! News ahead of the U.S. presidential elections in October 2024, the project garnered immediate interest, attracting over a million participants within just two weeks of its release, with user engagement continuing to grow. Its recognition as a valuable educational tool for families speaks to its broader implications in fostering informed and responsible digital citizenship, particularly among children and parents in Japan.