Sanitization of News in Japan’s English Media

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Onlooker scratching his… Says:
March 27th, 2007 at 11:54 pm
Here gave up reading Japan Times after a couple of unsuccessful attempts. At best, it is a glorified job sheet, which in most countries you get for free; at worst it is the official organ of Ministry of Truth, or Minitrue, in Newspeak (George Orwell’s 1984). Has anyone ever tried to submit an article, write the editor or make a comment, successfully? As for any real content or NEWS, it seems the editorial [sic] board comprises of the three wise monkeys: They see no news, hear no news, and therefore print no news. [In Japanese 三猿, sanzaru, or 三匹の猿, sanbiki no saru. The three monkeys are Mizaru [見猿], who covers his eyes and therefore sees no evil; Kikazaru [聞か猿], who covers his ears and therefore hears no evil; and Iwazaru [言わ猿], who covers his mouth [or computer keyboard] and therefore speaks no evil.

The Three Wise Monkeys, carving on the
stable of Tosho-gu Shrine, Nikko, Japan

Photo source: Wikimedia Commons

Heads Down, Butts Up!

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Meet my former neighbor, Mr. ‘F,’ a senior employee of Shinsei Bank. Why is he bending forward grabbing his ankles? That’s how he greeted foreigners outside his uchi (house).

Today everything looks upside down!

It gives a new meaning to Customer Focus at Shinsei bank (see Shinsei Vision and Values). “We provide unparalleled solutions with speed and ability based on our customer’s evolving needs.”

Way to go Shin!

Having learned his new boss was a foreigner, a Korean pig farmer, no less, he completely flipped, rumor has it, and went into his natural ‘Heads down, butts up!’ posture. Apparently, he was unable to straighten up for a long time afterwards, so his wife had to go to work instead!

Rumor has it (again) that he and his famous Korean boss finally reached an understanding plotting to stage a coup (with the help of Rupert Merdoch?) to do away with tradition and revolutionize the way ALL Japanese look at the world!
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Send your thugs to Okinawa for retaliatory action, Mr Ando!

Send your tiny tikes to Okinawa to do some good, Mr. Ando, they will have plenty to retaliate. Why not teach them to protect the chastity of the local damsels in distress, for starters, instead of condoning their antisocial behavior toward friendly foreigners (see previous post).

One recent survey by a school teacher on Okinawa found a third of his female high school students had been sexually molested by U.S. soldiers, a violation U.S. base officers have often dismissed as ‘flirting, because boys will be boys.’

Since the end of WWII, the livelihood and human rights of Okinawans have been violated by high-level noise pollution from military drills, aircraft accidents, environmental destruction, and crimes committed by U.S. military personnel.

One of the worst postwar crimes committed by US military in Okinawa was the 1955 rape and murder of six-year-old Yumiko. The accused, Isaac J. Hart, was not convicted. In 1995 three US servicemen abducted and gang-raped a 12-year-old girl; however, Japan could not try the accused servicemen at the time of the incident because the US-Japan Status of Forces Agreement gave US soldiers immunity from local laws!

Ishiganto stone (Yomitan, Okinawa) is believed to ward off evil spirits! Public domain photo by Wikipedia User:Fg2
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