Hokkaido School Board tries bullying a blogger
AdvertisementDesparate to cover up a bullying incident in one of their schools, a Mr Masayuki Akiyama of the Hokkaido Board of Education plucks a few spurious reasons out of nowhere as to why James at Japan Probe should remove not just the allegedly human rights-infringing images, but the whole post as, I suspect, he merely feels it reflects badly on his Education Department. James made a very good and reasoned reply, but now as it seems that Mr Akiyama has the “get English-speaking lackey to email blogger” task ticked off on his to-do list, he has not had the courtesy to follow up on James’ request for clarification.
UPDATE: Trans-Pacific Radio is also covering the same Hokkaido School Board bullying story. Please also digg the stories – see the links in the comments below.
Also, I’ve just seen this good piece on the BBC about the bullying problem.
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With all the copyright laws, is it legal to copy videos off TV then add in their URL to these videos to promote their site? Unlike people who copy the videos and post on you tube anonymously, its obvious Japanprobe is doing the copying and then posting them. Shouldn’t JASRAC or somebody being suing them? Just a thought. BTW, I like your blog and theirs.
No, it’s not, actually. I’ve discussed this before with James at Japan Probe, and we both agree.