Kyodo News penalizes top editors after false report on Yasukuni visit

That's rich. Two editors get relieved of their duties for publishing an unintentional lie about a politician, while, under the pretext of freedom of the press, the nation's "conservative" media unapologetically obfuscate all kinds of falsehoods about how Japan magnanimously set out to liberate Asia from white colonialism, treated Chinese and other Asians in the countries its military occupied with great kindness, never committed atrocities or biological experiments against civilians and prisoners of war, etc., etc., etc.

The article was written based on information from a reporter at another company... 

What is the "other company and who is the reporter? The ages of these guys aren't given. If they are in their late 50s or 60s, no big deal. If they are in their 30s, then big deal in terms of their careers. Seems like Kyodo still needs to work on its news sense.

It would be interesting to know the decision-making process here and how much LDP pressure was applied.

There is all kinds of potential for scapegoating over who had to carry the can.

The misreporting did cause unnecessary tension with SK and messed up the event on Sado, so it was consequential.

The mass media needs to stop constantly reporting on Yasukuni visits and gifts as if it's of any consequence to anybody, other than to provide ammunition for China's anti-Japan political and diplomatic agenda.

According to the news agency, Mizutani will return 10 percent of his monthly executive remuneration for three months. The two editors who checked the story and the two reporters who wrote the article were reprimanded.

That's a relief. We can all sleep safe and sound knowing that he was 'hauled over the coals' while the other 4 lower guys get the stiff end of the whip.

If they did that in an American news organization, everyone would be fired by next Tuesday, and the guy doing the firing would have to fire himself.

That's a relief. We can all sleep safe and sound knowing that he was 'hauled over the coals' while the other 4 lower guys get the stiff end of the whip.

Well ... officially a reprimand is less heavy than any salary reduction. Those 4 lower guys ARE out of the promotion race though.

News alert. The Japanese media will continue to report on politicians visiting Yasukuni Shrine because readers in Japan and neighboring countries are interested in this story and these stories get plenty of clicks and responses by people like you.

The mass media needs to stop constantly reporting on Yasukuni visits

No wonder nothing changes in Japan. It took 2 ½ years to actually do something on this story? How about fire the editions bosses also for not following their work with amazingly micromanagement details common place here.

deanzaZZRDec. 9  01:44 pm JST

News alert. The Japanese media will continue to report on politicians visiting Yasukuni Shrine because readers in Japan and neighboring countries are interested in this story and these stories get plenty of clicks and responses by people like you.

I think the main reason is that LDP politicians themselves want and expect it. Yasukuni = PR = votes + ¥¥¥¥¥¥.

Media sucks.

If they did that in an American news organization, everyone would be fired by next Tuesday, and the guy doing the firing would have to fire himself.

This!

What can you do against those media which has intentional bias in the 1st place? Still Kyodo may be a little better than Asahi-newspaper

deanzaZZRDec. 9  01:44 pm JST

News alert. The Japanese media will continue to report on politicians visiting Yasukuni Shrine because readers in Japan and neighboring countries are interested in this story and these stories get plenty of clicks and responses by people like you.

And you, don't forget. Japanese people aren't interested in Yasukuni stories. In fact most people in the world aren't either. But your country is because they've turned it into a political and diplomatic tool.