Japanese Television

              By Sachiyo Teruuchi

I chose this theme, particularly about Fuji TV's cruel reports. Fuji TV is a Japanese Television Station broadcasted on channel 8. Why has Fuji TV reported on inhuman activities? There are a lot of bad things in Japan recently. Fuji TV's cruel reports appeared through their news. This year on the 2nd of February, there was a big earthquake in New Zealand which broke Christ Church. 28 Japanese people were injured or dead. A boy, 19 years old, had to cut off his right leg to be rescued. He loved playing soccer, but his leg was cut off. Now he can't play soccer. A lot of TV stations broadcasted about this sad story. Fuji TV also reported the interview. "When you knew your leg was going to be amputated, how did you feel? You will never play soccer again,right?" a reporter said (by Nico Nico news). It was heartless of him to say such a thing to a younger and injured boy. Another case is after the East Japan Earthquake disaster, Fuji TV broadcasted about the family of the deceased. Sometimes its contents were about a crying housewife who lost her husband, a child searching for his mother, a man who lost his job and so on. When Fuji TV's reporters interviewed someone, they often asked cruel questions. People watching Fuji TV criticized their reports. Similar things have often occurred. So some Japanese call Fuji TV "Uji TV." Uji means "maggot" in Japanese.

Probably they wanted to report an interesting story, so they considered little about people. After that report, the boy whose leg was cut wasn't able to say anything. I can't deny mass media wants to present interesting things, but I think they should consider people's feelings more.