This article examines the Italian reporter who asked the final question at Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s press conference during the state of emergency declaration, based on online reports and reactions. It criticizes the question, “How will you take responsibility if this all-or-nothing policy fails?”, the information surrounding the reporter’s identity, and the reaction of Japan’s media and left-wing circles.

April 8, 2020
The Italian reporter’s question was ridiculous.
He asked, “If this all-or-nothing policy fails, how will you take responsibility?”
If policy were made with that kind of feeling, Japan would become like Italy.
He looked far more like a fat pig than when I had previously searched for him on the internet, but I thought that man was probably Pio d’Emilia, and the following is the article I found after searching.
Just as the question time set up at Abe’s press conference was about to be cut off!
“Prime Minister, I’m sorry! One last thing, no matter what!”
The person who tried to ask a question while saying that was a mysterious Italian reporter.
And when asking a question, it is natural to state one’s affiliation, such as company name, and one’s name.
But this person merely identified himself as “a person from Italy” — laughable.
Looking through online comments, it appears that this reporter is very likely to be Mr. Pio d’Emilia, an Italian national.
And the content of his question was also extremely simple:
“If, as a result of adopting an all-or-nothing policy of not conducting tests, the worst result occurs, how will you take responsibility?”
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Furthermore, when I looked more deeply into him, the article says that he has connections with the Italian far-left terrorist organization the Red Brigades and that he is involved as a lawyer for them.
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The Italian reporter’s question was ridiculous.
He asked, “If this all-or-nothing policy fails, how will you take responsibility?”
If policy were made with that kind of feeling, Japan would become like Italy.
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In that circle, they were saying that this Italian reporter’s question was excellent.
They were staging it.
It is truly absurd.
Italians should pursue responsibility in their own country.
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The question by the Italian reporter who forced his way in at the very end of today’s press conference — I do not know what the rest of the Japanese people thought, but I truly thought it was worthless.
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In the question period of Abe’s press conference during the April 8 emergency special program and state of emergency declaration, we have pursued the identity of the mysterious Italian reporter who appeared at the very last moment.
His name is very likely Mr. Pio d’Emilia.
When one looks into him, he turns out to be quite a figure with a history.