The June 2017 issue of Japanese monthly journals exposes how the United Nations and major media outlets manufactured a false narrative of “press freedom.” It reveals the self-serving propaganda cycle driven by Asahi Shimbun and UN special rapporteurs.
2017-06-01
Every Japanese citizen must put 840 yen in their pocket and head to the nearest bookstore.
The other day, Asahi Shimbun casually ran an article about a United Nations special rapporteur.
It is already common knowledge that the true masterminds behind the so-called civic groups, Democratic Party figures such as Representative Arita, lawyers from the Japan Federation of Bar Associations, and UN special rapporteurs who rush to the UN to denigrate Japan are Asahi Shimbun itself, yet they apparently believe that readers will not notice as long as they never issue an official apology.
Together with the SanbyakuDaigen legislators of the Democratic Party, they devote themselves to activities that undermine Japan.
Last night, thinking it might be time for sports coverage, I turned to TV Asahi’s Hōdō Station for the first time in a while, only to see footage prominently featuring a UN special rapporteur claiming that press freedom in Japan is under threat.
How vicious a company Asahi Shimbun truly is.
They are not even ashamed of running a self-manufactured pump scheme, but instead brazenly use the public airwaves, saturated with pseudo-moralism and pseudo-socialism.
In this month’s issue of Sound Argument, Masayuki Takayama has contributed a genuine essay to the special feature titled “Idiot Gods Praised by Wide Shows.”
This essay is required reading for all Japanese citizens and people around the world, especially for China, the world’s largest and worst human-rights-violating state under one-party communist rule, and for the United Nations, which now can be said, without exaggeration, to be completely dominated by China despite the fact that the original permanent member was the Republic of China, as well as for the special rapporteurs in question.
Every Japanese citizen must put 840 yen in their pocket and go to the nearest bookstore.
I will deliver it to the world as much as I can.

“I Was Fired Twice,” journalist Masayuki Takayama.
“‘North Korea Invaded’ Is Also NG.”
To tell the truth, long ago I appeared twice as a commentator on terrestrial television.
The first time was when I was transferred, or rather exiled, to the entertainment desk of Sankei Sports.
They said, “Other reporters are busy; you’re the only one with time,” and had me do improvised entertainment commentary once a week on TV Asahi, but entertainment journalism actually has considerable depth.
I did not know Kawasaki Mayo was a man, nor did I know how bad Misora Hibari’s condition was.
The TV station responded generously to those blunders.
However, when I commented on the lineup of the New Year’s Eve Kōhaku program, their faces changed.
I said, “After Kōhaku comes ‘The Year Ends, the Year Begins,’ and the sound of temple bells. Kōhaku is already part of Japan’s New Year’s Eve scenery, so isn’t it strange that Korean singers appear in droves?”
That got me fired.
The second time was when I had free time before retirement.
Three times a week, alternating with international politics scholar Nobuo Asai, I appeared on a morning wide show starting at 8:30.
Such programs follow meticulous procedures.
Staff decide the theme, complete video coverage, and on the day itself begin preparations around 3 a.m.
They decide how the MC will introduce the theme and what comments each person will make.
Since I was there as a news commentator, I did not attend these early meetings.
As a result, I often caused confusion by saying things that differed from the program’s intent.
When the program portrayed someone as the good guy, I would say, “No, this person is the real problem.”
The MC’s face would stiffen, and during commercials the producer would come down saying, “Please apologize in two sentences after the break,” to which I would reply, “No.”
Then came the Tokorozawa High School incident.
The student council president said, “We want to hold the entrance ceremony ourselves.”
Teachers supported this as good autonomy, and Asahi Shimbun reported it as a heartwarming story.
The prefectural board of education, on the other hand, sent in a hard-line principal saying, “Public events cannot be left to students’ whims.”
Our program also followed Asahi’s line, emphasizing “autonomy is important.”
A female announcer reported from in front of the school, saying, “That rigid principal is a real problem,” and everyone nodded.
When my opinion was sought, I said that the student council president’s parents were activists, that the teachers’ union backing him was known for bias, and that this was not as it appeared, but involved a specific political force.
I compared them to what would now be called SEALDs.
The MC’s face stiffened, but that was not the end.
The next day, Akahata reported “Takayama’s outrageous remarks” in a prominent spot, and simultaneously the TV station’s fax and phones rang nonstop with protests repeating the article’s wording, such as “He hurt the goodwill of high school students” and “Fire Takayama,” for an entire day.
The TV station was so consumed by handling this that it could not do its normal work.
Behind Akahata was, in other words, the Communist Party issuing instructions to flood the station with calls and faxes.
I later heard that two hundred people were enough to completely bully a TV station.
It was a malicious obstruction of business, but difficult to prosecute.
The station simply had to swallow it.
The commentator who angered them was soon fired for endangering the program.
There are countless such cases that never came to light.
NHK’s Naonori Isomura once said on “News 9” that “North Korea crossed the 38th parallel,” a simple fact.
Immediately, Chongryon ordered an attack on NHK, simultaneously instructing influential Socialist Party figures to threaten the program staff.
Within an hour, NHK was paralyzed, and Isomura bowed deeply and apologized on air.
To this day, NHK still does not speak of the historical fact that “North Korea invaded.”
Even the popular journalist Noriyuki Yamaguchi said that when he mentioned Tsujimoto Kiyomi’s name in connection with Moritomo Gakuen, “a flood of protests poured in and I couldn’t work.”
After being fired twice, I learned that wide shows are monitored by organizations such as Akahata and Article 9 groups that suppress any statements touching on them.
Probably even Akira Ikegami would instantly lose his job if he spoke in favor of nuclear power.
Wide shows exist within such a restricted linguistic space.
Follow Asahi Shimbun and you can survive.
But that does not mean you must say nothing.
If you follow Asahi Shimbun, which walks hand in hand with these monitoring organizations, even statements devoid of ethics will be forgiven.
For example, when speaking about China.
Asahi says it is a good country.
Once you accept that premise, any outrageous remark is allowed.
This essay continues.