Leslie, I looked around a bit on the Japan Media Review site but couldn’t find anything that would point to the government controlling the media in Japan; was there a specific article you could point to that says that? Actually, if anyone is controlling the media in Japan, it would probably be the Soka Gakkai since they are believed to be over 10 million strong, putting members in all positions of society — clearly if they’re about to stop NHK from reporting about them they have some power.

However as long as the one’s controlling the media are Soka Gakkai, and Soka Gakkai is in bed with Koumeito, and Koumeito isn’t in power, one can not say that the one’s controlling the media are the government.

I think Soka Gakkai is much more worthy of concern than the issues people choose to focus on, but also much more risky.

The posting problem might have been the many links, particularly one very long one. The WordPress software may have thought it was spam.

I put it on my blog.
http://buvery.blogspot.com/2007/04/public-betrayed-who-actually-is.html

Sorry for any trouble, but I haven’t deleted anything.

2)There is no such thing like”state-controlled media” in Japan.
If there is such thing I would personally quit what I’m doing now and write a cv to get the job there.Kisha club as a sort of official censorship device is a complete hyperbole as invincible Japan Inc and almighty MITI men in the 80’s.

3)You trust Japan Media Review?I,for not at face value.

4)the Gamble/Watanabe book “A People Betrayed”is a Soka Gakkai related propaganda.

5)What does “Journalism degree” got do with good journalistic practice?
These degrees are product of American academia,made to guarantee the veteran journalist some sort of income and academic post after their retirement from the line of duty.
Not much use in the real job,that I can guarantee.

So what if the Japanese government tries to “glorify” Japan’s history, assuming that what you claim is true at all (BTW, if you ever really know about the country, you should know how absurd and bigoted your claim is)? Are you worried that Japan will become militant again and try to reclaim East Asia or something? Hello?

Before you shout out your own sense of righteousness, why don’t you care track the human rights abuse records of South Korea and PRC after WWII and compare with those of Japan during the same period…let us see who is really violating “21st century norms of human dignity and social justice”.

Abe and his Administration is focused on the issue and all the various history issues in an effort to create the beautiful, well-armed mythic society they dream. These history issues are important to them. It is Abe and company who came to office wanting to dismiss the Kono Statement, visit Yasukuni, deny the Rape of Nanking, and ignore the government’s role in the Saipan and Okinawan suicides. They, no one else, has called attention to these “issues.”

Japan is no longer playing “only” with the sensibilities and memories of their closest neighbors. Abe is now ignoring worldwide contemporary norms and the 21st century security ideals of human dignity and social justice. Abe’s medieval views have caught the attention of the West. China and Korea are now just observers.

Their mistake was to think that no one was listening to or reading the Japanese. To blame Mr Onishi, is to sound no better than the hapless Mr Abe who created the problem.
Edith

A good reference regarding government limits on and control of the media in Japan is the joint project Japan Media Review:
http://www.japanmediareview.com/japan/

The 1% figure comes from the Gamble/Watanabe book “A People Betrayed”:
http://www.apublicbetrayed.com/index.htm