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Its not just the West, it seems that Japanese news media also hides the faces of Yasukes that commit crimes, out of fear that the Japanese public will become racist. And wikipedia does the same thing too (media.scored.co)
posted 2 years ago by ger111 2 years ago by ger111 +91 / -0
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– raptor_jesus 3 points 2 years ago +3 / -0

"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?

Kirato Wakayama, a former actor, and Kang Gwang Gi allegedly strangled to death Ryutaro Takarajima, 55, and his wife Sachiko, 56, in the garage of a vacant house in Tokyo's Shinagawa Ward between the night of April 15 and the early hours of April 16. https://japantoday.com/category/crime/2-men-face-murder-charges-over-burned-bodies-found-north-of-tokyo

The Miyazaki District Court found Yoichi Tsuura, who was a technical assistant at the National Institute of Technology, Miyakonojo College, sexually assaulted them by spiking their foods and drinks between July 2015 and March 2023. https://japantoday.com/category/crime/ex-college-employee-gets-23-yrs-for-raping-drugged-students

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.

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– yoisi 11 points 2 years ago +11 / -0

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?

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– raptor_jesus 1 point 2 years ago +1 / -0

Ok you're just dumb. Op is doing the same mindreading intent-assigning bs he cries about Dom doing to him and I can't help but notice you haven't acknowledged that the just don't do photos in news coverage for crimes, or tried to refute it. You shifted to "why would you entertain that there are other solutions and not just take Wikipedia's word on stuff then assign op's chosen explanation?"

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– yoisi 9 points 2 years ago +9 / -0

I noticed you haven't answered the question on whether you think the news outlets in Japan have zero responsibility over Japanese becoming a lot less racist today than they were 90 years ago and are changing the topic to something else

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– raptor_jesus 1 point 2 years ago +1 / -0

You broke the chain of responding to people's posts. And no. I would say things like hearing about Anime, Manga, and other cultural exports becoming popular overseas meaning that overseas people appreciate Japanese culture has a lot to do with shifting views combined with fewer people who have firsthand experience fighting wars against foreign nations. There's also the internet which for most people if they encounter someone foreign it's someone who took the time to learn their language. That probably has more to do with shifting attitudes than pretending westerners specifically are not being shown in reporting.

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