The pure heart of Japan?

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Arena Magazine 6

Richard Tanter

Aug 1993

Abstract:

The wedding of the Japanese Crown Prince and Owada Masako was, to put it mildly, a state-orchestrated media event here in Japan. Newspaper and television commentaries provided any number of texts, subtexts, and pretexts for astonishment. The media award for idiocy went to the NHK television commentator looking at the parade who said, ‘Yes, a number of the people lining the streets have brought cameras’.

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