NHKは公に奉仕する日本の公共放送局なのか
いかなる民主主義社会においても、メディアの根本的な役割は、権力の乱用を監視し公の利益のために機能することにあるはずだ。それには多大な努力と勇気が求められる。近年NHKはその役割を怠り、単に政府や権力者の代弁者にすぎないと批判されつつある。その背景を検証する。
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Memories Frozen in Time: Taiwanese Prisoners of War in the Siberian camps
A new documentary focuses on Taiwan-born, Japan resident Masao Go, who volunteered for the Japanese army & trained as a radio operator. The war’s end would carry him into Soviet captivity, one of the few Taiwanese swept into the Siberian camps, and perhaps the last man left among them.
Part 3: NHK - Does Japan’s powerful public service broadcaster serve the public?
The failure of the media to be a public watchdog can have profound consequences. On a day-to-day level, debate about complex issues: historical fidelity, relations with Japan’s three biggest neighbors, the possibility of conflict with China – is cheapened and blurred.
Part 2: NHK - Does Japan’s powerful public service broadcaster serve the public?
The core purpose of the media in any democratic society should be to as watchdog for the public interest, monitoring abuse of power. But this takes hard work and courage.
Nagoya Resident Yang Caiying’s Desperate Calls for Her Dying Mother and Sister in China
Although Caiying and her mother understood that her advocacy work for her family meant she couldn’t return to China, she does not regret speaking up.
NHK: Does Japan’s powerful public service broadcaster serve the public?
In recent years NHK has been accused of being simply a mouthpiece for the government and for the powerful.
政治思想の違いを乗り越え草の根でつながる
ファシズムに反対し、民主主義を守ろうと呼びかける「No Kings」の行動がアメリカ国内外で拡散していることを受け、アンフィルターでは、ジョアン・ベイリーさん、リッチ・ベイリーさん、マット・ノイズさんと引き続き、各地域における運動や日本政治との関連性について聞いた。