A Crime Manufactured by the Asahi Shimbun and Its Followers
July 9, 2022
This incident was an extremely straightforward crime manufactured by the Asahi Shimbun and those who follow its lead. The unbelievably poor security only compounded the situation.
This morning, I began reading the Nikkei Shimbun first. Unsurprisingly, not a single word was written about the real cause—the true root cause—of this incident lying with the mass media.
Far from it, the editorial on the front page went as far as shifting the blame to social media.
During the Liberal Democratic Party’s presidential election that brought Prime Minister Kishida to power, the press club held two nationally televised press conferences.
On both occasions, Yuzuru Tsuboi from the Asahi Shimbun launched relentless attacks against former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe.
This is an undeniable fact.
Also indisputable is the fact that a certain Kotake, representing the Nikkei Shimbun, was present at both sessions.
Not only did he never try to rein in Tsuboi, but he appeared to approve of Tsuboi asking the same loaded questions twice.
The two other journalists present were the same both times, and they too did nothing to intervene.
Do Goro Hashimoto from Yomiuri and the woman from Mainichi reflect on whether their behavior may have contributed to shaping the mindset of the perpetrator and thereby led to this incident?
Most likely, their respective papers, like the Nikkei, are spewing the same kind of lofty rhetoric, shifting blame to social media, or claiming absurdly that Japanese society is “regressing to the prewar era”—without ever acknowledging the mass media’s own culpability.
This incident has nothing to do with the so-called “assault on democracy,” a phrase politicians and media figures mindlessly repeat like a broken record.
This was an extremely simple crime, orchestrated by the Asahi Shimbun and its accomplices.
Even a child could grasp that the true culprits are the Asahi Shimbun and its media allies.
It is also undeniable that the fabrications they created have continued uninterrupted until just yesterday.
The pitifully inadequate security only amplified the tragedy—but again, this is a simple matter.
(The next section will discuss the possibility of foreign interference, such as from China.)
What is certain, however, is that the Asahi Shimbun held an abnormal hatred toward Shinzo Abe and relentlessly attacked him over the years.
Shockingly, some even compared him to Hitler.
TV Asahi, for instance, aired a documentary drawing that very comparison. It allegedly won the Galaxy Award—sponsored by none other than the Asahi Shimbun itself—through blatant favoritism.
There was also the vile and persistent assault from Asahi’s editorial staff, such as the author of the "Soryushi" column and a certain female reporter—Ms. Takahashi something—who seemed to be a successor to the notoriously erratic Yayori Matsui.
At any rate, the Asahi Shimbun’s editorial writers and reporters launched attacks on Abe that were abnormal, crude, and relentless—something plainly obvious to the public.
When the "Moritomo" and "Kake" scandals failed to bring Abe down, they moved on to the so-called "cherry blossom viewing party" scandal.
They continually fabricated reports with the sole aim of toppling Shinzo Abe.
This, too, is an undeniable fact.
Shinzo Abe was the most exceptional statesman in the postwar era—hence his record-long tenure as Prime Minister.
And throughout that entire period, the Asahi Shimbun persistently waged war against him.
Not just the antisocial individual from Nara, but countless others—subscribers of the Asahi, Mainichi, Tokyo, and their affiliated TV stations—were fed a completely false image of Abe.
These media entities brainwashed their audiences with misinformation.
Even seemingly respectable people—those who led normal lives and are now enjoying retirement—were not immune.
They too were misled by the grotesque caricature of Abe crafted by the Asahi Shimbun and its media allies, and now believe their distorted opinions are correct.
Some of my own blog readers fall into this category.
It is a plain fact that many subscribers of the Asahi, Mainichi, Tokyo, Chunichi, and local newspapers that merely reprint Kyodo News articles, as well as viewers of NHK and commercial TV’s news and talk shows, hold completely fabricated images of Shinzo Abe in their minds—images planted there by these media outlets.
That these caricatures are the exact opposite of the real Abe is so obvious to those who followed reliable international news and academic sources, that no further proof is even necessary.
Such was the man Shinzo Abe—a rare, genuine statesman with Japan’s highest level of insight in politics, economics, and diplomacy.
July 9, 2022
This incident was an extremely straightforward crime manufactured by the Asahi Shimbun and those who follow its lead. The unbelievably poor security only compounded the situation.
This morning, I began reading the Nikkei Shimbun first. Unsurprisingly, not a single word was written about the real cause—the true root cause—of this incident lying with the mass media.
Far from it, the editorial on the front page went as far as shifting the blame to social media.
During the Liberal Democratic Party’s presidential election that brought Prime Minister Kishida to power, the press club held two nationally televised press conferences.
On both occasions, Yuzuru Tsuboi from the Asahi Shimbun launched relentless attacks against former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe.
This is an undeniable fact.
Also indisputable is the fact that a certain Kotake, representing the Nikkei Shimbun, was present at both sessions.
Not only did he never try to rein in Tsuboi, but he appeared to approve of Tsuboi asking the same loaded questions twice.
The two other journalists present were the same both times, and they too did nothing to intervene.
Do Goro Hashimoto from Yomiuri and the woman from Mainichi reflect on whether their behavior may have contributed to shaping the mindset of the perpetrator and thereby led to this incident?
Most likely, their respective papers, like the Nikkei, are spewing the same kind of lofty rhetoric, shifting blame to social media, or claiming absurdly that Japanese society is “regressing to the prewar era”—without ever acknowledging the mass media’s own culpability.
This incident has nothing to do with the so-called “assault on democracy,” a phrase politicians and media figures mindlessly repeat like a broken record.
This was an extremely simple crime, orchestrated by the Asahi Shimbun and its accomplices.
Even a child could grasp that the true culprits are the Asahi Shimbun and its media allies.
It is also undeniable that the fabrications they created have continued uninterrupted until just yesterday.
The pitifully inadequate security only amplified the tragedy—but again, this is a simple matter.
(The next section will discuss the possibility of foreign interference, such as from China.)
What is certain, however, is that the Asahi Shimbun held an abnormal hatred toward Shinzo Abe and relentlessly attacked him over the years.
Shockingly, some even compared him to Hitler.
TV Asahi, for instance, aired a documentary drawing that very comparison. It allegedly won the Galaxy Award—sponsored by none other than the Asahi Shimbun itself—through blatant favoritism.
There was also the vile and persistent assault from Asahi’s editorial staff, such as the author of the "Soryushi" column and a certain female reporter—Ms. Takahashi something—who seemed to be a successor to the notoriously erratic Yayori Matsui.
At any rate, the Asahi Shimbun’s editorial writers and reporters launched attacks on Abe that were abnormal, crude, and relentless—something plainly obvious to the public.
When the "Moritomo" and "Kake" scandals failed to bring Abe down, they moved on to the so-called "cherry blossom viewing party" scandal.
They continually fabricated reports with the sole aim of toppling Shinzo Abe.
This, too, is an undeniable fact.
Shinzo Abe was the most exceptional statesman in the postwar era—hence his record-long tenure as Prime Minister.
And throughout that entire period, the Asahi Shimbun persistently waged war against him.
Not just the antisocial individual from Nara, but countless others—subscribers of the Asahi, Mainichi, Tokyo, and their affiliated TV stations—were fed a completely false image of Abe.
These media entities brainwashed their audiences with misinformation.
Even seemingly respectable people—those who led normal lives and are now enjoying retirement—were not immune.
They too were misled by the grotesque caricature of Abe crafted by the Asahi Shimbun and its media allies, and now believe their distorted opinions are correct.
Some of my own blog readers fall into this category.
It is a plain fact that many subscribers of the Asahi, Mainichi, Tokyo, Chunichi, and local newspapers that merely reprint Kyodo News articles, as well as viewers of NHK and commercial TV’s news and talk shows, hold completely fabricated images of Shinzo Abe in their minds—images planted there by these media outlets.
That these caricatures are the exact opposite of the real Abe is so obvious to those who followed reliable international news and academic sources, that no further proof is even necessary.
Such was the man Shinzo Abe—a rare, genuine statesman with Japan’s highest level of insight in politics, economics, and diplomacy.
