EDITORIAL: Social media so useful, so often abused over free speech : The Asahi Shimbun
The current Asahi Shimbun Hanshin Bureau in Nishinomiya, Hyogo Prefecture, which was rebuilt in 2006 (Asahi Shimbun file photo) May 3 marks the 34th anniversary of a shooting incident at The Asahi Shimbun's Hanshin Bureau in Nishinomiya, Hyogo Prefecture, that left one reporter dead and another seriously injured. The statute of limitations in the case, and seven other related or similar terrorist incidents apparently perpetrated by a group with ultra-rightist leanings, expired in 2003. The National Police Agency designated the series of crimes as “Wide Area Important Designated Case No. 116...