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https://twitter.com/mas__yamazaki/status/1554697125908611072NHK is trying to keep the issue on a very low profile and once it is mentioned “by the way”, coverage is taking sides with LDP by just reporting official statements without any proper contextualization. On top of that, parliamentary debates on the issue are “hidden” by simply 2/7
https://twitter.com/okada_tarumi/status/1545538261375782912Thankfully he gives more evidence by citing an article by Nikkan Gendai from 2019, right after the election. The article refers to Abe’s new cabinet as being “truly a cult cabinet”: 12 of his cabinet members are associated with Nippon Kaigi, 12 with the Unification Church 2/6
https://twitter.com/mrjeffu/status/1546092481573720064This avoidance of concrete names/ topics (called #agendacutting ) seems less motivated by a social responsibility toward that group (e.g. bc of fear of hate crimes) but rather by a fear that someone influential will get in trouble if that specific name was made widely public 2/10