The Abe Assassination, the Unification Church, and Local Media: A Case Study of Journalism in Toyama Prefecture - The Asia-Pacific Journal: Japan Focus
Abstract: This article chronicles how two commercial TV stations in Toyama Prefecture exposed deep links between politicians and the Unification Church. It discusses how a local community of investigative journalists with close ties to adherents and politicians revealed ways the church and lawmakers cooperated on electioneering and policymaking, and it analyzes how their exposés were taken up in n
