This article discusses the political donation controversy involving Kiyomi Tsujimoto reported by Sankei Shimbun and highlights the fact that NHK did not report the issue in its major news broadcast.
It criticizes selective reporting in Japanese media and contrasts newspaper coverage with television silence.
The author also reflects on cultural differences, noting Japan’s strength in precision technology and the United States’ dominance in filmmaking.

2019-02-08
But what was surprising was this.
My friend apparently thought, “I see… just as expected…”.
Yet he said the story was not reported at all.
Yesterday the Sankei Shimbun prominently reported that Kiyomi Tsujimoto had received a political donation from a South Korean lawyer.
Seiji Maehara resigned from his position after it was revealed that he had received a large donation from a Korean national.
Tsujimoto, however, displayed her usual combination of “bottomless malice” and “plausible lies” and responded to reporters by saying, “A person is a person…”.
A friend of mine, who is an avid reader, watched NHK’s Watch9 last night.
He normally hardly ever watches it.
He said he was curious about how NHK would report this news.
But what surprised him was this.
He apparently thought, “I see… just as expected…”.
Because it was not reported at all.
Last night I had nothing worth watching on terrestrial television or BS.
So I watched a film on WOWOW called Super 8, produced by Steven Spielberg and others.
I only saw the sports segment of Watch9.
If it comes to making precision machines such as watches, Japan is overwhelmingly number one in the world.
But when it comes to making films, the United States is probably the world’s best.
It was dubbed, so I hesitated at first about watching it.
But it was an excellent film.