The following is from an article by Kumiko Takeuchi that appeared in the monthly magazine WiLL, which was released on February 26th.
As you know, I have a lot of respect for her.
This is because she has greatly increased the value of Kyoto University as someone who studied and graduated from it.
People like Chizuko Ueno and Yoichi Shimada are at the opposite end of the spectrum and have significantly decreased the value of Kyoto University.
Over the past few months, I have not been reading the two monthly magazines as often as I used to, as their stances towards the Japan Conservative Party have not been clear.
Last night, I read through WiLL and Hanada as usual.
I want to thank Ms. Takeuchi.
As I have already mentioned, I have written several angry editorials about the nonsense in figure skating during the era of Mao Asada and Kim Yuna.
At that time, South Korea was at the height of its influence on sports through bribery and other means.
Regarding the circumstances under which I have written that I cannot forgive Shizuka Arakawa, even though we are both from Miyagi Prefecture, Ms. Takeuchi has provided evidence to prove it!
I have repeatedly mentioned three monthly magazines, including WiLL, as follows.
The monthly magazines I mention are full of genuine articles by genuine thinkers from various fields and strata, proving that the turntable of civilization is turning in Japan.
WiLL and Hanada monthly magazines cost 950 yen, and Seiron cost 900 yen.
In other words, Asahi Shimbun subscribers pay 4,400 yen a month and are forced to read not only genuine research papers but also outrageous editorials (which are essentially all fake news designed to realize their vile claims) that are based on a masochistic view of history and are based on leftists' ideas, are abhorrent and malicious, and whose corporate mission is to curry favor with China and South Korea, denigrate Japan, and attack the Japanese government.
On the other hand, people who subscribe to the above three monthly magazines can read many genuine articles like the following, which they would never be able to read in the Asahi Shimbun or other newspapers, for a total monthly subscription fee of 2,800 yen.
The people must not allow Fuji TV to get away with this scandal!
Kumiko Takeuchi
The preceding text is omitted.
Fuji TV's past follies
By now, I think everyone knows that many of Japan's media outlets have been taken over by anti-Japanese forces from China, Korea, and other countries.
I first became aware of the strange things happening in the media, particularly Fuji Television, in 2005 and 2006.
2005 Mao Asada appeared on the figure skating scene like a rising star.
Not only was her performance outstanding, but when the scores were announced, the sparkle in her eyes made me think, "Ah, this girl is looking at a height that is incredibly far away and that no one has ever reached before."
Completely captivated by Mao, I began to watch every competition she took part in.
In 2005, there was nothing unnatural about how the media treated the promising new star, Mao Asada.
The situation changed in 2006 when Kim Yuna, a Korean skater the same age as Mao, appeared on the scene.
At the time, on the Fuji TV program "Tokudane," Mie Onda, who had studied under the same coach as Mao, Yamada Michiko, and had since retired to become a commentator, praised Yuna Kim for her expressive power and mature appearance, and belittled Mao for her childishness and lack of expressive power.
She even went as far as to say, "Asada will never be able to beat Yuna."
In sports, there is no such thing as "never being able to win."
Shizuka Arakawa gave her assessment of the two skaters, saying, "Generally speaking, Asada's strength is her jumping technique, and Yuna is often thought to be competing based on her expressive power, but from my point of view, it's the other way around," and "Yuna is the only skater who can perfectly distinguish between the Lutz and the Flip (types of jump).
However, the truth is that Yuna was able to jump the Lutz on the outside edge (little finger side) as required, but for the Flip, she jumped with the flat (straight) edge instead of the inside edge (thumb side) as needed, which was a surprising and astonishing performance.
Until her retirement, Yuna was rarely penalized for edge errors in her jumps, and even her jumps that were always slightly under-rotated were seldom judged as under-rotated.
Furthermore, Junko Yaginuma, as a commentator, checked the slow-motion replay of Mao's jump and judged that the number of rotations was sufficient.
However, the judging panel deemed the jump to be under-rotated.
If Yaginuma's judgment was correct, there is a suspicion that the judging panel was also bribed.
I want to ask my readers to watch the videos "Kim Yuna: The Secret of the World's Highest Score vol.1 Spin" and "Kim Yuna: The Secret of the World's Highest Score vol.2 Spiral," which examine the performances of Yuna and other top-class skaters and the suspicious points in the scores.
Incidentally, Mao's senior, Midori Ito, was called as a commentator by Fuji TV in 2008.
Still, after she said, "Yuna's finishing poses are cool, but there are technical problems in her performance in the middle," she was never called again.
Fuji TV's reckless behavior continued.
In the drama Boys in My House, they broadcast a scene where a five-centimeter nail was hammered into a straw doll, with the character "吉" (Yoshi) covering it with a finger.
It is no wonder that viewers would think that they were trying to deliberately hide the "吉" to show "田真央" and make people think of "浅田真央."
In addition, the sports match between Japan and South Korea was referred to as the "Korea-Japan match," and Korean dramas took up most of the afternoon time slot.
Announcers called out "Korea, Korea..." from morning to night, as if Japan was a country inferior to South Korea.
Demonstration against biased reporting by Fuji Television
On July 23rd, 2011, when the public's patience with Fuji TV's pro-Korean bias was about to snap, actor Takaoka Sosuke made the following post on Twitter (now X).
"To be honest, I've been helped out a lot by Fuji TV, but I don't watch channel 8 (Fuji TV is channel 8 in the Kanto region) anymore.
Often, it's a Korean TV station.
Often-Often.
We Japanese are looking for traditional Japanese programs.
Anyway, if there's anything about Korea, I turn it off. > > Goodbye. )
On the internet, many people agreed with Takaoka and praised him, and when he was eventually fired from his agency, there were many protests against Fuji TV's biased reporting.
The demonstration on August 21st, 2011, was particularly large, with around 10,000 people participating.
Weekly magazines such as Shukan Bunshun and Shukan Shincho reported on the march that circled Fuji Television in Odaiba.
I want to focus on the change in television ratings for the primetime slot (7pm to 10pm) from 2003 to 2023.
From 2004 to 2010, Fuji was in first place with around 14%.
However, there was a sudden drop from 2011, and Nippon Television took first place, with Fuji dropping to second place.
In 2020, due to the self-restraint lifestyle caused by the spread of the new coronavirus, all stations temporarily recovered, but Fuji TV hardly changed at all.
Then, in 2023, with its ratings down to 5.7%, Fuji TV was closing in on TV Tokyo, which had a 5.2% rating, and it was "looking back and seeing TV Tokyo."
Fuji TV employees said that the protests and the subsequent decline in ratings were due to the protests, but that is not the case.
The main reason is that they have insulted and angered the Japanese people to such an extent that they have been able to stage demonstrations.
The push for Korean content at Fuji TV cannot be discussed without mentioning Mr. Hieda.
Mr. Hieda worked with Mr. Haruo, the eldest son of Fuji TV founder Mr. Nobutaka Kanai, and led Fuji TV through its golden age in the 1980s.
In 1988, when Mr. Haruo suddenly died at the age of 42, Mr. Hieda took over as president.
In 1992, after Mr. Nobutaka's death, he succeeded in having Mr. Hiroaki Kanauchi, Mr. Nobutaka's son-in-law and adopted son, forced to resign, and the Kanauchi family was expelled from the company.
The Emperor of Fuji Television
Mr. Hieda is currently a director and advisor, but he is said to control Fuji Television effectively and is even known as the "Emperor of Fuji Television."
2010, Mr. Hieda was awarded an honorary doctorate from Korea's Korea University.
Was this in recognition of his contribution to Korea over the years, such as his large-scale purchases of Korean dramas, or was it a reward for his long-standing mocking of the Japanese people?
Thanks to the development of social networking services, society can now more easily hear the voices of ordinary people.
The Fuji TV demonstrations 14 years ago only reduced the viewing rate, but this time, it is different.
Fuji TV is in its greatest crisis since its founding.
Suppose we can drive them to the point of having their broadcasting license revoked.
In that case, the officials of the Ministry of Finance, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare, and the politicians—the people who are mocking the Japanese people, just like Fuji TV (and there must be a larger organization behind them)—will tremble in fear at the hands of the people.
That is why the people must never forgive this Fuji TV scandal.
