<figure id="attachment_271838" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-271838" style="width: 564px" class="wp-caption alignnone"><a href="#" data-ident_hash="0b65cd0e"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/fridaydigital/image/private/t_article_image/wpmedia/2022/10/4a949e76de71d0122f290caf210a3ff1-4.jpg" alt=""></a><figcaption id="caption-attachment-271838" class="wp-caption-text">TV Asahi employee Toru Tamagawa, who has declared his intention to return to the field as a reporter (from the program&#8217;s official website).</figcaption></figure>
 Toru Tamagawa, a TV Asahi employee who has attracted a great deal of attention from the public, is said to be &#8220;striking back&#8221; at TV Asahi.
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 On the September 28 broadcast of &#8220;The Shinichi Hatori Morning Show&#8221; (TV Asahi), Mr. Tamagawa commented on former Prime Minister Suga Yoshihide&#8217;s eulogy at the state funeral of former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe.
 He said, &#8220;Of course, Dentsu is involved in this.
 The next day, on the 29th, he made a statement such as, &#8220;Of course, Dentsu is involved in this. The next day, on the 29th, he said.
 &#8220;It was not true,&#8221; he apologized.
 However, the criticism continued, and Tamagawa was suspended from work for 10 days from October 5, and those involved in the program who were held accountable were censured.
 On October 19, after the suspension was lifted, Tamagawa went to the staff room outside the studio alone. Tamagawa stood alone in the staff room outside the studio.
 I would like to apologize again to Dentsu and former Prime Minister Kan for any inconvenience caused by my factually incorrect comments. I made such an untrue statement on television. I regret that it was due to my pride and conceit. I apologize for that.
 He bowed his head. He continued.
 I thought it was time to go back to the basics, which is to confirm the facts, which is the foundation of news reporting. I have been commenting on various news in the studio, but from now on, I thought it was time to go back to the basics of visiting the scene, conducting interviews, confirming the facts, and reporting them.
 I have been commenting on various news items at the studio, but now I think it is time to go back to the basics of visiting the scene, conducting interviews, checking facts, and reporting. As for the results of his own reporting, he said, &#8220;&#8216;Shinichi Hatori Morning!
 I will report the results of my interviews on the &#8220;Shinichi Hatori Morning Show. I have come to that conclusion.
 Tamagawa&#8217;s &#8220;blah, blah, blah.
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 Tamagawa&#8217;s &#8220;one-size-fits-all&#8221; apology was met with some sympathy on the Internet, with some saying that it was &#8220;an example,&#8221; &#8220;poor Tamagawa,&#8221; and &#8220;too much,&#8221; but a TV Asahi official said, &#8220;There was no one in the staff room but Tamagawa.
 A source close to the Teresa said, &#8220;There was no one in the staff room except for Mr. Tamagawa, was there?　It&#8217;s impossible for there to be no one in the staff room at that time of the morning. In other words, the program side and Mr. Tamagawa came up with the idea of &#8220;staging. It was meant to be a start from scratch.
 He also stated, &#8220;I don&#8217;t think that the person in charge of the program was aware of this.
 The actual person in question does not seem shocked, although he does express some remorse. According to a person who crossed paths with Mr. Tamagawa at the station
 &#8220;He was exactly the same as before. He greeted me with a smile.
 On the contrary, he is said to be on fire for a &#8220;counterattack.
 The reason why it became such a big deal this time is because it was a major event, the state funeral of former Prime Minister Abe, and because it was a statement against Dentsu, a major agency. If this had been a different matter, it might not have gone this far.
 Mr. Tamagawa is aware of this, and he is aware that he was, in a sense, ganged up on by a powerful force. The only way to get back at him for this is to pursue the &#8220;big bad&#8221; with a story that he has carefully covered. For the time being, he will probably cover the story just to see how it goes, but I think he will soon be ready to take a scalpel to the &#8220;dark side&#8221; of the ruling party and local governments,&#8221; said a TV station official who knows Mr. Tamagawa.
 Mr. Tamagawa will make a &#8220;comeback&#8221; as early as the 20th broadcast. After directly interviewing a lawyer working on the issue of the Family Federation for World Peace and Unification (the former Unification Church), he explained in the studio the requirements for violating laws and regulations for religious corporations.
 Mr. Tamagawa is of the opinion that &#8220;journalists must monitor power,&#8221; and he has made many &#8220;left-leaning&#8221; comments on the program. He has received a large number of petitions and information leaks from people in that direction. If we proceed with our interviews based on these leaks, we may be able to get some scoops out of him.
 Tamagawa&#8217;s &#8220;counterattack&#8221; has only just begun.

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