Big Scoop Likely To Topple Abe Prime Minister’s Office And NHK
This is terrific. I suppose that NHK must be like a madhouse now. I want all of you to jab NHK as much as possible. I will, of course, do so.
Masatoshi
Takeshita
July
11, 2014
English translation of an excerpt from a
Japanese article: Yahoo News – July 11, 2014 –
Big Scoop of Weekly Friday Likely To Topple
Abe Prime Minister’s Office and NHK
The July 25 issue of Weekly Friday released today (on July 11) carries an exclusive headlined “Abe Prime Minister’s Office Has NHK
Kneel Down On The Ground.”
The gist of the article is as follows:
When Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga
appeared on NHK program “Today’s Close-up” live
broadcast on July 3 and tried to publicize the right to exercise
collective defense approved in the Cabinet meeting, newscaster
Hiroko Kuniya asked him questions such as “Is it likely that Japan will get
involved in wars of other countries?” or “Is it allowable to change the interpretation
of the Constitution?” After the program was over, the Prime Minister’s Office reportedly
intimidated NHK by saying “Who is the central
figure that engaged in producing this program?” or “Who had Kuniya ask such
questions?” to find out the culprit.
Intimidation of the
Office has surprised us but the response of NHK is far more shocking to us.
According to the article, the management
including President Momii got down on their knees and Ms. Kuniya started crying
while apologizing.
The Prime Minister’s
Office still had carried out such a shameful conduct of intimidation to NHK.
NHK still had given
complete obedience to the Prime Minister’s Office.
If this scandal is properly examined in the
Diet and the media, Abe Prime Minister’s Office and NHK would undoubtedly be
driven into the corner.
A storm of anger of the people would be
directed toward the Abe administration and NHK.
The big scoop of the
weekly Friday might directly hit the Abe administration and NHK.
The mass media is hopeless but magazines
are fighting a good fight.
Naoto
Amaki
He is a diplomatic analyst.
He was dismissed from Foreign Minister in
2003 because he suggested to then Prime Minister Koizumi not to support U.S.
attack against Iraq. Since then he has
engaged in critical activity mainly on Internet and has provided the truth
never reported by the media, keeping a decisive stance of anti-power, peaceful
diplomacy, anti-bureaucracy and support for the underdog. His main books include “Good-by, Foreign
Ministry” (published by Kodansha), “Good-by, Japan-U.S. Alliance” (Kodansha), “Injustice
of U.S.” (Tenbousha) and “South Africa of Mandela” (Tenbousha).