Filmmaker says PM's Kumamoto quake video is propaganda

j-cast.com (Japanese)

Documentary filmmaker Kazuhiro Soda said Prime Minister Takaichi's official video of her Kumamoto earthquake visit is "promotional or propaganda footage" aimed at "heroizing" her. The August 3 video, posted on the Prime Minister's Office X account, shows Takaichi boarding a Self-Defense Forces helicopter, praying, and listening to victims with background music. Chief Cabinet Secretary Kihara defended it as a concise way to inform the public. Soda said he wonders whether viewers are moved or find it "fishy." Opposition lawmakers Renho and Koshiyama criticized the video as a misuse of taxpayer money and highlighted inadequate disaster response.


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