Major papers criticize cancellation of 'Yasukuni' screening

Wednesday 02nd April, 03:50 PM JST

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rjd_jr at 10:09 AM JST - 3rd April

Nice to see not everyone in japan subscribes to facism and restriction of freedom of speech.
Hikozaemon at 12:16 PM JST - 3rd April

I think that even the papers can see the irony that these "anti-Chinese" uyoku are actually turning Japan into another China with their intimidation of this movie. Good to see the media is calling them the losers that they are.

Peace
Altria at 12:50 PM JST - 3rd April

Most of the comments on the Yahoo news articles say the same thing.

I think the black vanners shot themselves in the foot with this one - public backlash and free publicity for the film.
eastokyo at 01:46 PM JST - 3rd April

Looks like some places will go ahead and show it next month...
Nessie at 02:02 PM JST - 3rd April

Hiko, Yeah, the birth of the Chuuyoku.
eastokyo at 02:10 PM JST - 3rd April

Even the big cheese Fukuda is in on it now, expressing regret over the actions of a certain small segment of the population.

I think the black vanners shot themselves in the foot with this one

Indeed. Hopefully they'll finish the job with one in their heads.
kinniku at 02:11 PM JST - 3rd April

I added a post in the old thread about this and thought it would be appropriate to add it here, too. All the controversy certainly makes me more interested in seeing what this movie is all about.

The documentary was initially supposed to be shown in 18 theaters in Tokyo, Osaka, Nagoya, Hiroshima and Kyoto. In today's news it was announced that a theater in Osaka has decided to show the movie in May as scheduled. The remaining 12 theaters are considering showing the movie at later dates.

Here is today's article from which I got the above information for those interested in reading further.

http://headlines.yahoo.co.jp/hl?a=20080403-00000014-yom-soci

I know the link above doesn't work directly, but this was put on Yahoo Japan's news service care if the Yomiuri Newspaper today at 12:14pm.
Altria at 02:19 PM JST - 3rd April

The Osaka theatre is going to be bombarded with threats now...

Not surprised about Fukuda, he was opposed to Koizumi visiting Yasukuni back in the day.
timorborder at 11:58 AM JST - 4th April

I wonder how this thing would have gone down if Abe was still Prime Minister?