How Prime Minister Abe Manipulated the Abductee Problem to Demonise North Korea

What’s wrong with this photo? (A print of the famous ‘Tankman’ photo graces the walls of the FCCJ conference room.)

Japan seems determined to live up to its “see no evil” reputation. Or as they say in Japanese, kusai mono ni futa o suru – ignore (put a lid on) the unseemly. The evil and unseemly this time is the ugly attempt to silence well-known commentator Soichiro Tahara for reporting