It was in the fall of 2014 that Asahi Shimbun reporters protested against the Asahi Shimbun president's refusal to publish Mr. Akira Ikegami's column and forced the president to resign. . Seven years later, the newspaper company has changed completely.
While the Asahi Shimbun editorial insisted on canceling the Tokyo Olympics, the Asahi Shimbun editorial office, which has led the coverage of the Olympics as a sponsor of the Tokyo Olympics, is strongly opposed.
The editorial was published in the morning edition of May 26. As the spread of the new coronavirus continues to spread and public opinion for the cancellation of the Olympics is increasing, he asserts that holding this summer is ``not very reasonable'' and ``I ask Prime Minister Kan to make a decision to cancel this summer.'' He made the claim.
It can be said that the editorial of the Asahi Shimbun, which has lacked presence in recent years, had a sharp tone. On Twitter and elsewhere, there were a series of posts welcoming the Olympics sponsor Asahi Shimbun, saying that it had finally decided to cancel the event.
However, the truth was completely different.
In response to this editorial, there were strong protests from editorial department heads and desks, mainly from the social and sports departments that had been responsible for the Olympics coverage.