Photographs of the suspect's races have been virtually absent from Japan's media. News executives were concerned that public anger over the rape would be further inflamed and take on racist overtones if the race of the suspects were widely publicized
That lacks very important context: "when?"
If there isn't coverage of events that happened 30 tears ago in contemporary reporting then gee golly willikers I wonder why they aren't talking about it now 30 years on. But frankly the real reason for a blackout here is US-Japan relations. You rarely will see US servicemembers being shown in the news.
If wikipedia of all things is admitting that the News executives didn't want to show their faces because of "muh racism" then its probably true. Why are you trying to argue about this? You've seen this happen time and time in the West and you think it doesn't happen in Japan as well? Japanese have become a lot less racist now than in the past, and you think the news media didn't have something to do with that?
"Wikipedia of all places" doesn't say much of anything. It's an old event and not in the news again. The fact that it's even being edited in the 2020s is an indication that it isn't people with new info to add about the event, but people with a separate agenda going through changing stuff. This goes both ways.
Maybe different cultutes just do reporting in general differently.
Even when explicitly making accusations that could start international incidents they don't DO photos in articles. Accusing someone of taking photos secretly of naked kids is not some minor shit. And the person accused is a public figure and they still don't do photos.
https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20240514/p2g/00m/0na/067000c
It's important to remember Japan's laws are way different than the west. Truth is not a defense against defamation, for instance. So if you cause reputational harm, even if that shit is TRUE, you can be liable. Boats don't get rocked.
Why are you trying to hard to argue over this? i ask you again , do you think the news outlets in Japan have zero responsibility over Japanese becoming a lot less racist today than they were 90 years ago? You think Japanese suddenly became less racist for no reason at all?
You didn't read the article
Hate Americans (which are predominantly considered to be white): A-OK!
Hate the people who did this (which in this case happen to be black): NOT OK!
That lacks very important context: "when?" If there isn't coverage of events that happened 30 tears ago in contemporary reporting then gee golly willikers I wonder why they aren't talking about it now 30 years on. But frankly the real reason for a blackout here is US-Japan relations. You rarely will see US servicemembers being shown in the news.
If wikipedia of all things is admitting that the News executives didn't want to show their faces because of "muh racism" then its probably true. Why are you trying to argue about this? You've seen this happen time and time in the West and you think it doesn't happen in Japan as well? Japanese have become a lot less racist now than in the past, and you think the news media didn't have something to do with that?
"Wikipedia of all places" doesn't say much of anything. It's an old event and not in the news again. The fact that it's even being edited in the 2020s is an indication that it isn't people with new info to add about the event, but people with a separate agenda going through changing stuff. This goes both ways.
https://japantoday.com/category/crime
See how many articles feature mugshots and the like. It isn't many at all if any as of writing this. I'm sure these are joggers, right?
Maybe different cultutes just do reporting in general differently.
Even when explicitly making accusations that could start international incidents they don't DO photos in articles. Accusing someone of taking photos secretly of naked kids is not some minor shit. And the person accused is a public figure and they still don't do photos. https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20240514/p2g/00m/0na/067000c
It's important to remember Japan's laws are way different than the west. Truth is not a defense against defamation, for instance. So if you cause reputational harm, even if that shit is TRUE, you can be liable. Boats don't get rocked.
Why are you trying to hard to argue over this? i ask you again , do you think the news outlets in Japan have zero responsibility over Japanese becoming a lot less racist today than they were 90 years ago? You think Japanese suddenly became less racist for no reason at all?