This article introduces Yoshiko Sakurai’s Shukan Shincho column “Renaissance” on China’s dark driving force as essential reading for every Japanese citizen. It also contrasts NHK’s masochistic view of history and pseudo-moralism with TV Tokyo’s love for Japan, as seen in “Why Did You Come to Japan?”, “Can I Charge My Electric Bike?”, and “WBS.”

2020-06-18
The essay that Yoshiko Sakurai has published in this week’s issue under the title “Never Forget National Humiliation—China’s Dark Driving Force” is an essay that every Japanese citizen must read.
Yoshiko Sakurai is a national treasure as defined by Saicho.
Indeed, she is the supreme treasure.
Yoshiko Sakurai’s regular column “Renaissance,” together with Masayuki Takayama’s column, closes Shukan Shincho every week.
Tonight, as I have been saying, I finally stopped watching NHK’s Watch 9 and watched TV Tokyo’s “Why Did You Come to Japan?”, which I had recorded on Monday.
What made me notice TV Tokyo was a single remark by a close friend, one of the finest readers I know, who almost never watches television at night: “Tetsuro Degawa’s electric motorbike program is interesting… the motorbike keeps stopping all the time…”
That was how I found it.
The more I watch it, the more remarkable a program it is.
This program reflects the beauty of Japan.
It may not be an exaggeration to say that it surpasses “It’s Tough Being a Man.”
The greatness lies in the fact that they ride an electric motorbike and film things exactly as they are.
Now I am convinced that this program, together with “Why Did You Come to Japan?”, represents the very essence of television.
TV Tokyo was not a subsidiary of the Nihon Keizai Shimbun for nothing.
TV Tokyo closes the day with WBS from 11 p.m.
In particular, I think the combination of Oe and Takita is the finest in any television news program to date.
This program does not have NHK’s ugly masochistic view of history.
On the contrary, it is no exaggeration to say that it is filled with love for Japan.
Because it is not a subsidiary of the Nikkei for nothing, the program is made according to the spirit of the five Ws and one H.
It is the exact opposite of the manner in which NHK news programs are made: with a masochistic view of history, foolish anti-authority thinking, pseudo-moralism, pseudo-political correctness, and pro-China, or rather China-subservient, and pro-Korea, or rather Korea-subservient, attitudes.
Now then, the essay that Yoshiko Sakurai has published in this week’s issue under the title “Never Forget National Humiliation—China’s Dark Driving Force” is an essay that every Japanese citizen must read.
It is an essay that everyone must buy tomorrow at the nearest bookstore, convenience store, station kiosk, or the like.
Even sleepy morning eyes will instantly be opened wide.