Le Japon se lâche

Vive la liberté de la presse et je dois dire qu'après des

années de journalisme dans l'audiovisuel (surtout) et la

presse écrite (française et étrangère) je n'avais pas encore

vécu une telle expérience. La First Lady japonaise et

ex-artiste danseuse de la célèbre revue Takarazuka est

présentée ici comme ayant été kidnappée par des extra

terrestres. En fait, elle a rêvé cet enlèvement.

C'est ici http://tinyurl.com/now59u

" L'alternance " après 54 ans de féodalisme politique, c'est

amusant. Le Japon se lâche? Un remake de Meiji Ishin?

Bon, on passe aux choses sérieuses...

Hatoyama's subliminal message to DC

Japanese language is said to be difficult to master and even

more when you have to interview a Japanese politician who is

going to play with words being in the Chinese pronunciation

(Prime Minister Aso) or giving a rather vague and fuzzy

explanation not to answer to a reporter question. My

Japanese colleagues are well trained to the exercise but it

seems that it is creating a wave of dissatisfaction overseas.

Take this issue of an essay of Yukio Hatoyama, new Prime

Minister to come around mid September after his historic

victory in the general election August 30th, essay originally

published in the September edition of the Japanese monthly

journal Voice and titled "My Political Philosophy."

It appeared Aug. 27 on The New York Times' Web site under

the headline "A New Path for Japan."

Hatoyama's views about Japan as "equal partner relation with

US," are already drawing criticisms from the West and the

media reported: "Distorted' in translation? Hatoyama denies

Op-Ed piece expresses 'anti-American' view" (Japan Times)

http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/nn20090902a5.html

Quotes:

"Naoki Nakazawa, managing editor of Voice, said that so far

he has not received any reprint requests by any of the U.S.

papers that published the essay and was unsure if this

infringed the essay's copyright, which belongs to Hatoyama.

"Then you would realize that it's not about anti-Americanism,

but about 'yuai' (fraternity)." Hatoyama's secretary, Daisuke

Haga, said they were also unaware that the essay was

circulating in U.S. publications. He urged people to read

the entire essay, which is posted on Hatoyama's Web site in

Japanese, English and Korean. End of quotes.

Fraternity... Just a precision: I asked a teacher to confirm

to avoid being lost in translation in Japanese and the answer

is you can use: Nakama, Hakuai, Yuai. Now it looks like we

are not any more talking about translation but about

political intentions.

Something uncomfortable here?

This time it is not a Japanese politicians legion which is

going to DC but the opposite. U.S. Defense Secretary Robert

Gates will be Tokyo in October to discuss the U.S.-Japan

military alliance with the new Prime Minister Hatoyama to

talk about the 50,000 troops deployed across Japan and the

security treaty.

Hatoyama's Democrats have said they want to re-examine

Tokyo's relations with Washington and bring to Japan a more

independent stance, while keeping U.S. relations as a

cornerstone of their global policy...

Something chili's going on. Small steps here, small steps...

DPJ Hatoyama victory: how Japanese Media designed a transfer of power?

How did the Japanese made their opinion and choose to vote

for the DPJ opposition and was this choice assisted by the

mass-media? Candid? Not only anger and disillusions. How

did the media get such a narrow margin error in establishing

the surveys that help to design Japanese voters opinion to

opt for the DPJ at historical August 30th Sunday election?

No conspiracy. Simply said : the work of a fantastic

organization, better than the former Cold War Department D

of KGB.

All you want to know about Japanese media today in this

official document revealed by the FAS. Quotes: "The OSC

report on Japanese media has not been approved for public

release, but a copy was obtained by Secrecy News.

(Federation of American Scientists)"

URL http://www.fas.org/irp/dni/osc/japan-media.pdf

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My opinion, it is a good insight into the daily function

of the Japanese media industry, un "état des forces". A

fantastic data report for professionals in strategic

communication.

A new Japan

Japanese political blue blood Yukio Hatoyama (R) took the

lead against Prime Minister Taro Aso in Aug 30th elections.

Yukio Hatoyama is here with his colleague Katsuya Okada (L).

These two States Men are now in control of the balance of

power within the center-left Democratic Party of Japan. DPJ

President Yukio Hatoyama will be the Japan's new prime

minister to replace, in a one party move, the LDP's Taro Aso

ousted from power for the first time in half a century. A

blue democratic House for a first firm transfer of power.

Here is my report on RTL France August 30th

http://www.rtl.fr/fiche/5927194013/vers-un-seisme-politique-au-japon.html

Yukio Hatoyama (R) and Katsuya Okada (L)