Monday, January 02, 2012

Occupy Tokyo: Mass demonstrations go unreported by Japanese media

I see this is from more than a month ago. I don't know if anything has changed there. It took more than a week for the U.S. media to cover our own protests, and then they were downplayed and misrepresented. At least with the internet we have a chance of learning the truth in a timely manner.

http://www.sott.net/articles/show/237704-Occupy-Tokyo-Mass-demonstrations-go-unreported-by-Japanese-media

Tue, 15 Nov 2011 00:53 CST

You've heard about the Occupy Wall Street protests in New York, Los Angeles, London, Toronto, Berlin, Tel Aviv and elsewhere around the world. But did you know that huge demonstrations have been taking place in Tokyo as well? We certainly didn't until a SOTT forum member sent us the details. The general lack of awareness of the protests in Japan is probably due to the fact that there has been zero coverage of 'Occupy Tokyo' - which has grown out of the country's large (and growing) grassroots anti-nuclear movement - in Japan's mainstream media.

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