What does the Japanese media have to say about the recent events in France? Do you want straight news, analysis or opinion editorials? The weeklies have got something for everyone.
Take the approach to taboo topics, for instance, as considered in Shukan Shincho (Jan. 22): "The notion that anything goes, as long as it doesn't clash with the law, is not understood here in Japan," an unnamed Japanese reporter says to pseudonymous columnist Yan Den Man. "If legal controls to restrain (content matter) are involved, it's smarter to be proactive and decide on rules to follow beforehand. The Japan Newspaper Publishers and Editors Association has issued these kinds of standards in its ethical mission statement."
The reporter is shown a particularly vulgar portrayal of the Prophet Muhammad from an earlier issue of Charlie Hebdo (forgive us, readers, for sparing you the details) and invited to comment.
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