This article scrutinizes Asahi Shimbun’s headline coverage of an open letter questioning the Prime Minister’s Pearl Harbor visit, exposing the anti-Japan ideology behind it and the paper’s complete lack of reflection on past reporting errors.

An open letter questioning the prime minister’s historical awareness over his Pearl Harbor visit was the main headline, with “Japanese and American scholars” as the subheading.
2016-12-26
Anyone with a sound mind who read today’s Asahi Shimbun must have been utterly astonished.
Around the time it apologized for errors in its comfort-women reporting, Asahi Shimbun published, according to Wikipedia, a “Statement Supporting Japanese Historians” signed by 187 Japan specialists worldwide, led by figures including Alexis Dudden of Georgetown University.
As previously noted, it would not be an exaggeration to describe Alexis Dudden as an agent of the South Korean government or its intelligence services.
Reading the article published on page 7 of today’s Asahi makes it clear that these so-called scholars are people being incited by Korean and Chinese anti-Japan ideologues—Nazis and totalitarians.
Considering the absurd and incomprehensible reference to “war victims of the Korean Peninsula” in the article, there is no doubt that this statement was produced by South Korean anti-Japan propagandists.
If that were not the case, then these more than fifty Japanese and American “historians” would merely be proving an astonishing level of incompetence unworthy of scholars.
The main headline read: An open letter questioning the prime minister’s historical awareness over his Pearl Harbor visit.
The subheading read: Japanese and American scholars.
Regarding Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s visit to Pearl Harbor in Hawaii, about fifty Japanese and American scholars sent an open letter on the 25th questioning his historical understanding.
Those who signed included film director Oliver Stone and legal scholar Richard Falk, among a total of fifty-three people.
What kind of childish and malicious newspaper is Asahi Shimbun, exactly.
With its juvenile yet vicious persistence, how long does it intend to continue spewing anti-Japan propaganda to the world.
To be continued.