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Asahi Shimbun receives death threats The Asahi Shimbun, known for its criticism of government leaders' trips to Yasukuni Shrine, said May 25 it had received death threats against its staff, the latest in a string of threats against journalists across the country. The left-leaning newspaper received two postcards warning that workers would be killed, according to an Asahi official who spoke on customary condition of anonymity. The postcards arrived in May from within Japan and were signed with the same name. The threats alluded to a 1987 shooting in which rightists attacked Hyogo Prefecture Asahi bureau, killing one journalist and wounding another, saying a similar attack could happen again, the official said.
The Japan Times Weekly: June 2, 2007 |
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