Published on October 17, 2019.
This chapter, republished on December 27, 2018, introduces an article by Mizuho Ishikawa, guest editorial writer of the Sankei Shimbun, from the monthly magazine Sound Argument’s special feature, “The Dubiousness of the ‘Abe as Villain’ Theory.”
Focusing on the Twitter posts of Asahi Shimbun reporter Hiroshi Samejima, it criticizes the Asahi Shimbun’s reporting stance through the Moritomo issue, criticism of the Abe administration, anti-cabinet journalism, anti-nuclear reporting, and the Yoshida Testimony reporting, arguing that such reporting damages Japan’s national interest.

October 17, 2019
Who can say that this anti-nuclear reporting itself is not reporting exactly in line with the intentions of China and the Korean Peninsula, which want to erase Japan’s nuclear technology?
To begin with, within this very series there was also fabricated reporting concerning the Yoshida Testimony.
This is a chapter I republished on December 27, 2018, under the title:
“If their records of subversive operations were made clear, I am convinced that it would also become clear that countless agents of theirs exist within the Asahi Shimbun and other such organizations.”
An article I published on goo on May 2, 2018, under the title:
“I was stunned when I saw the Twitter account of an Asahi Shimbun reporter sent to me by the editorial department of Sound Argument.
I, seeing it for the first time, and readers seeing it for the first time, must both have been stunned”
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The following is from the special feature titled “The Dubiousness of the ‘Abe as Villain’ Theory” in the monthly magazine Sound Argument, released yesterday.
As readers know, I stopped subscribing to the Asahi Shimbun, and therefore I had no idea whatsoever that the Asahi Shimbun had been publishing such articles one after another.
Readers know that my assessments of people, which I have intuitively made and mentioned from their facial appearance, words, actions, and so on, have been almost 100 percent correct, as represented most recently by Yoneyama, the governor of Niigata Prefecture.
Speaking of the facial appearance of Hiroshi Samejima, deputy head of the Special Reporting Department, whom I learned about for the first time in this article, if Japan had a CIA or FBI and I were its director, I would undoubtedly investigate whether this person had any contact with agents of the Korean Peninsula or China.
For me, this article gave me the same shock I felt when, back when I watched TV Asahi’s Hodo Station, Furutachi cheerfully introduced someone by saying, “Deputy head of the Foreign News Department, Mr. Ri Chi-son…”
At the same time, it is also an article that convinced me that, if the totalitarian states of China and the Korean Peninsula were to collapse and their records of operations were revealed, it would become clear that countless agents of theirs exist within the Asahi Shimbun and similar organizations.
Emphasis in the text, other than headings, is mine.
Exposing the Twitter Account of an Asahi Shimbun “Anti-Cabinet” Reporter
Mizuho Ishikawa, Guest Editorial Writer, Sankei Shimbun
A Series of Words That Sound Like Curses
I was stunned when I saw the Twitter account of an Asahi Shimbun reporter sent to me by the editorial department of Sound Argument.
I, seeing it for the first time, and readers seeing it for the first time, must both have been stunned.
There, in fierce language, were written one after another statements that sounded as if they were cursing the Abe administration.
The author was Hiroshi Samejima, deputy head of the Special Reporting Department, who uncovered problems such as slipshod decontamination work surrounding the nuclear accident and won the Newspaper Publishers and Editors Association Award for the series “The Trap of Prometheus.”
Who can say that this anti-nuclear reporting itself is not reporting exactly in line with the intentions of China and the Korean Peninsula, which want to erase Japan’s nuclear technology?
To begin with, within this very series there was also fabricated reporting concerning the Yoshida Testimony.
It is now also a well-known fact that awards such as the Newspaper Publishers and Editors Association Award are self-serving awards over which the Asahi Shimbun has great influence.
Twitter posts are not articles printed as text on the newspaper page, but as statements sent out by an editorial executive who holds a responsible position at the Asahi Shimbun, they cannot be overlooked.
Samejima’s Twitter account vividly revealed the nature of the Asahi Shimbun, whose “company policy” is Abe-bashing.
It is a well-known fact that on March 2, the Asahi first reported the falsification of documents by the Ministry of Finance concerning the Moritomo issue, and that it became a major issue in the Diet.
Immediately after that, Samejima wrote the following on Twitter.
“At this point, we have no choice but to suspect that everything the Abe administration publishes is a falsified document.” (March 2)
“There is no end to the reasons for the entire Cabinet to resign.
Favoring friends, false answers, covering up rape, inciting hate, falsifying data…countless suspicions have been covered up until today.
There has never been an administration that privatized power to this extent and deviated from the principles politics is supposed to uphold.
The end result of that is the suspicion of the Ministry of Finance’s falsification of official documents.” (March 4)
I do not know what “covering up rape” or “inciting hate” refers to, but one can read from it that he was already hinting at the resignation of the entire Cabinet and hoping for the fall of the administration.
On Twitter on March 7, he wrote:
“I do not think that people who rose in rank under the Abe administration are good people.
They merely flattered power and told lies.
I do not think that people arrested by prosecutors under the Abe administration are bad people.
They probably merely protested against the tyranny of power and were glared at.
From now on, annotations saying ‘under the Abe administration’ will be indispensable for records of public office and criminal records.”
By “people arrested by prosecutors,” did he mean Yasunori Kagoike, former chairman of Moritomo Gakuen, who had been indicted on charges including fraud and was in detention?
After the contents of the documents before falsification became clear, his Twitter posts persistently argued that Akie, the prime minister’s wife, should be called as a sworn witness.
“When the ruling party gives Prime Minister Abe the final notice, it will say, ‘We have no choice but to summon Mrs. Akie Abe as a sworn witness.’
The prime minister will then, for the first time, resign himself to it.
The best move to force Abe to step down is to raise public opinion calling for Mrs. Akie Abe’s sworn testimony.
Overseas media are also reporting it as ‘suspicions surrounding the Abe couple.’
Mrs. Akie is the very symbol of Abe’s crony politics.” (March 12)
“No matter how much officials are blamed, Prime Minister Abe will push responsibility onto those below him, cut off the tail, and escape.
However, there is only one person whom Prime Minister Abe cannot blame on someone else.
That is Mrs. Akie.
To drive the Cabinet to total resignation, there is no choice but to attack that point.
Sworn testimony.” (March 14)
This is in step with the Asahi editorials that have repeatedly demanded since last year that Mrs. Akie Abe be summoned to the Diet.
On Twitter on March 16, he wrote:
“The question that absolutely must be included in the weekend opinion poll is, ‘Do you believe Prime Minister Abe’s words that “my wife was not involved”?’
If a majority says ‘I do not believe him,’ he should resign immediately.
There can be no prime minister who is thought by a majority of the people to be a liar.”
In fact, in the opinion poll it conducted on March 17 and 18, the Asahi asked the same question, and 72 percent answered that they “could not accept” the prime minister’s answer, while 65 percent said that “Mrs. Akie needs to explain in the Diet.”
Samejima’s Twitter account reveals the Asahi’s hand.