-Caveat Lector- > Jewish center urges firms to pull ads over racist slur > > By Kazuo Ishii > > Yomiuri Shimbun Correspondent > > October 18, 1999, p. 2 > > Los Angeles--The Simon Wiesenthal Center has urged 10 Japanese and U.S. > corporations to withdraw their advertisements from The Weekly Post > magazine, a recent issue of which carried a critical article about what > it claimed were Jewish financial networks, it was learned recently. > The Jewish human rights center took the action to protest the weekly > magazine published by Tokyo-based Shogakukan Inc. The Oct. 15 issue > linked negotiations over the purchase of the state-controlled Long-Term > Credit Bank of Japan to what it termed the "Jewish financial machine." > The corporations in question include eight Japanese firms: Matsushita > Electric Industrial Co., Toyota Motor Corp., Nissan Motor Co., Honda > Motor Co., Mazda Motor Corp., Suntory Ltd., Kirin Brewery Co. and > Sumitomo Corp. The two U.S. companies are MasterCard International and > Philip Morris Co., according to Abraham Cooper, deputy director of the > Los Angeles-based civil liberties center, which sent the U.S. > subsidiaries of these firms letters and fax messages on Thursday urging > them to withdraw their advertisements from The Weekly Post. > In messages sent to the 10 corporations, Cooper summarized the Weekly > Post article as suggesting a "Jewish conspiracy" was at work behind the > purchase of the LTCB. He argued that Adolf Hitler had taken advantage > of similar fictitious and anti-Semitic reports to justify the Nazi > Holocaust. > Cooper said the 10 corporations publishing their advertisements in The > Weekly Post would be associating themselves with the magazine's > controversial article. > Four years ago, the Jewish center strongly protested an article run by > Marco Polo, a monthly magazine published by Bungei Shunju Co., that > insisted that the Holocaust never happened. The action eventually > forced the Tokyo-based publishing house to cease publication of the > magazine. > The Simon Wiesenthal Center plans to urge the Japanese and Israeli > governments to take action against Shogakukan. > The center will also urge the 10 companies to flex their muscles over > The Weekly Post, Cooper told the Yomiuri Shimbun. > > ======================================================== > > Weekly Post to apologize for anti-Semitic article > > By Kazuo Ishii > > Yomiuri Shimbun Correspondent > > October 22, 1999, p. 2 > Los Angeles--Tokyo-based Shogakukan Inc. has decided to send two > executives to the United States to apologize to a U.S. Jewish > organization for a recent article in Weekly Post magazine that claimed > an international Jewish conspiracy was behind the acquisition of a > Japanese bank by a U.S. company, it was learned. > The article in the Oct. 15 issue of the magazine, published by > Shogakukan, on the government's decision to sell the nationalized > Long-Term Credit Bank of Japan to U.S. investment company Ripplewood > Holdings LLC bore the headline: "Jewish plot to take Y5 trillion of > taxpayers, [sic] money unveiled." > Shogakukan's agency told Rabbi Abraham Cooper, associate dean of the > Simon Wiesenthal Center (SWC) in Los Angeles on Tuesday that the > publisher would send the weekly's editor in chief, Takashi Sakamoto, and > an executive later this week to express their regret and discuss > publishing a correction. > Cooper told The Yomiuri Shimbun that the organization wanted the > publisher to withdraw the claim in the article and apologize for the > article so readers would realize the allegation was false. > "It is possible that we may find a positive solution," he said. > Sakamoto said, "We accept the SWC's request and we are ready to do > whatever it takes to apologize." > > ==================================================== > > Publisher set to print apology for anti-Semitic article > > By Kazuo Ishii > > Yomiuri Shimbun Correspondent > > October 31, 1999, p. 1 > > Los Angeles--Shogakukan Inc., a major Japanese publishing house, pledged > Friday to print a correction and an apology in its weekly magazine and > other media for an article that claimed an international Jewish > conspiracy was behind the acquisition of a Japanese bank by a U.S. > company. > The pledge was made when two representatives of the Tokyo-based > publisher met with officials of the Simon Wiesenthal Center, a Los > Angeles-based Jewish organization, at the center. > The article in the Oct. 15 issue of Shogakukan's magazine Weekly Post > dealt with the Japanese government's decision to sell the nationalized > Long-Term Credit Bank of Japan to U.S. investment company Ripplewood > Holdings LLC, with the headline "Jewish plot to take Y5 trillion of > taxpayers' money unveiled." > Immediately after publication of the article, the magazine received a > protest from the center condemning the article as false and anti-Semitic > in nature. The center also requested 10 corporations both in Japan and > the United States to withdraw their advertisements from the magazine > unless the publisher agreed to correct the claims made in the article > and to apologize from publishing it. > Mitsutoshi Igarashi, an executive of the publishing company, and > Takashi Sakamoto, editor in chief of Weekly Post magazine, visited the > center's head office and promised to publish a correction and an apology > for the false allegations in the magazine, on the publisher's Internet > homepage and in advertisements for the magazine carried in major > newspapers. > Rabbi Abraham Cooper, an associate dean, and other leading members of > the SWC said at a press conference that they were seriously concerned > over the fact that the false allegations were made worldwide not only > through the magazine, but also through the Internet and newspaper > advertisements. However, the center appreciated the publisher's > response and would withdraw its request to the 10 corporations after > publication of a correction and apology. > Cooper added that the magazine also agreed to make an arrangement for a > representative of the center to visit Japan and hold a seminar to > promote public understanding of the Holocaust and other Jewish issues. > An American lawyer representing the magazine confirmed that the > correction and apology would be published soon, adding that the magazine > would take appropriate measures to promote understanding of Jewish > issues. > Although Igarashi and Sakamoto attended the news conference, they did > not answer questions from reporters. > In Tokyo, Shogakukan and Weekly Post magazine issued a statement on the > case Saturday. > "We expressed to Rabbi Cooper our apology for the wrong expressions and > misunderstandings contained in the article, acknowledging the > responsibility of the publisher," the statement said. "In return, we > received his proposals to settle the case. We would like to carry them > out quickly, in consultation with the center and with the Jewish > community in Japan." > > ============================================================ > > > DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER ========== CTRL is a discussion and informational exchange list. Proselyzting propagandic screeds are not allowed. Substance—not soapboxing! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory', with its many half-truths, misdirections and outright frauds is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRL gives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credeence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. 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