A former Asahi Shimbun reporter who has sustained a spate of personal attacks relating to his coverage of so-called “comfort women” years ago says the threats against him are growing worse.
Takashi Uemura said the assault against him and Hokusei Gakuen University in Sapporo, where he works as a lecturer, has escalated to the point that even his 17-year-old daughter, whose mother is a South Korean, is facing death threats.
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