This essay examines the contradiction of praising long-serving German leaders like Merkel and Kohl while denying Japanese prime ministers the same continuity.
It argues that media interference, particularly by Asahi Shimbun, fragmented Japanese politics and weakened Japan’s international standing.

Both Merkel, whom Tominaga praised, and Kohl before her served as chancellors of Germany for long periods of time..
2016-11-23.
Who was it that kept changing Japan’s prime ministers like the eyes of a cat over the long period before Prime Minister Abe emerged..
The following is a paper disseminated worldwide on 2016-07-04..
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In reality, it is Asahi Shimbun that has created the causes by which Japan, which is not only still the world’s second super economic power but also a country where the turntable of civilization is turning, has continued to lose its voice markedly in international society..
Both Merkel, whom Tominaga praised, and Kohl before her served as chancellors of Germany for long periods of time..
On the other hand, it goes without saying how Japan fared..
Who was it that kept changing Japan’s prime ministers like the eyes of a cat over the long period before Prime Minister Abe emerged..
People say “the LDP is overwhelmingly dominant,” but within the LDP there were hardly any prime ministers who, like Kohl or Merkel, led long-term administrations and were spoken of as “Prime Minister ○○ when one speaks of Japan.”.
At best, only Eisaku Sato comes to mind..
In other words, while claiming an LDP dominance, the reality was that things were constantly stirred up by Asahi’s editorial writers, and petty internal struggles were repeatedly played out..
During the Democratic Party administration, it was Hiroshi Hoshi, who acted as a heavyweight at Asahi Shimbun, who elevated a man like Naoto Kan, arguably the worst prime minister in history, to that position, something readers should know well..
People like him, one after another, became editorial writers, inciting and pitting influential figures within the LDP against each other..
Regarding the recent Yuriko Koike matter…her unilateral declaration to run for governor and the ripples it has caused within the LDP, I suspect that one of the masterminds is Hiroshi Hoshi, who now serves as the host of News 23..
It goes without saying that Hoshi is a man who embodies Asahi Shimbun’s intention to undermine Prime Minister Abe’s base..
Even on this day, simply by watching casually, one could see Hoshi explaining matters while displaying the name and face of Shigeru Ishiba on the screen..
Asahi Shimbun, which does not want Prime Minister Abe to build a long-term administration, is, as before, undoubtedly thinking of somehow disrupting the inside of the LDP..
It is also common knowledge that since the Upper House election was announced, Asahi’s editorials and commentaries have consisted of seemingly plausible arguments and Abenomics criticism aimed at denigrating Prime Minister Abe, mobilizing scholars favored by Asahi Shimbun..
While praising the fact that leaders of a country like Germany, which is not only far removed from Japan but also once gave birth to Nazism, have built long-term administrations, they have absolutely refused to allow Japanese prime ministers to build long-term administrations, yet Asahi’s editorial writers are completely unaware of the abnormality of this stance..
Readers should keenly realize that my criticism of them is entirely correct..
To be continued..