While Sankei editors warned against China from a national security perspective, Asahi Shimbun devoted major coverage to Masayoshi Son’s wind power projects in the Gobi Desert and his electricity-sharing schemes involving China, South Korea, and Russia.
If Japan possessed intelligence agencies comparable to the CIA or FBI, Son would unquestionably be a top investigative priority, alongside a thorough examination of Asahi Shimbun’s ties to countries engaged in anti-Japanese propaganda.

2016-04-03
If Japan were a country that, like all other nations in the world, possessed organizations such as the CIA and the FBI, and if I were their director,
while editors at the Sankei Shimbun were writing articles like those in the previous chapter, the Asahi Shimbun was devoting large amounts of space to reporting on meetings involving Masayoshi Son’s plan to conduct wind power generation on land he purchased in the Gobi Desert,
as well as electricity-sharing schemes with China, South Korea, and Russia—nothing more than the greedy ambitions of a single individual,
and moreover, initiatives containing numerous dangerous elements.
If Japan were, like all other nations in the world, a country that possessed organizations such as the CIA and the FBI, and if I were their director,
there would be no need for argument in making Masayoshi Son a foremost target of investigation.
At the same time, there would also be no need for argument in subjecting the Asahi Shimbun to even stricter and more meticulous investigation,
to determine precisely who is connected to countries that persist in conducting anti-Japanese propaganda,
or whether they themselves are agents of those countries.