NHK broadcast selected passages from Prince Mikasa’s writings in a way that framed Japan as inherently brutal.
This essay demands that NHK disclose who shaped this narrative and why.

NHK has a responsibility to disclose the background of the person who created this segment.
2016-10-28
The following is from a serialized column in the Sankei Shimbun dated August 10, 2016.
[Latitude and Longitude by Kuroda Katsuhiro]
How long will Korean media continue the discourtesy of calling His Majesty the Emperor “the Japanese King”? Reports even claim that “the Japanese King is a devoted reader of the Asahi Shimbun.”
The issue of His Majesty’s abdication has also drawn attention in South Korea, where the media has been relatively eager to report on developments in Japan. Behind this lies an attempt to portray His Majesty as a peace-loving “constitutional guardian” and, by indirect means, connect this narrative to their usual criticism of the Abe administration.
A representative example is a Tokyo correspondent column in the Dong-A Ilbo (July 25), which introduces the theory that His Majesty belongs to the constitutionalist camp and states, “It is also said that the Japanese King is an avid reader of the Asahi Shimbun. He appears far removed from the trend of Japan’s conservative rightward shift.”
The Dong-A Ilbo maintains close ties with the Asahi Shimbun, but to write that His Majesty is a devoted reader of the Asahi Shimbun—this would surely cause inconvenience to His Majesty himself. In Japan, such behavior is called “favoritism that backfires.”
Nevertheless, they continue to refer to His Majesty as “the Japanese King.” Why do they not follow international convention and write “Emperor”? Such a strange appellation is used only by Korean media, nowhere else in the world.
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NHK bears the responsibility to reveal the background of the individual who created this segment.
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