National News Journalist won't apologize for Masako book

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Award-winning Australian journalist Ben Hills refused Feb. 14 to bow to Japan's demands to apologize for "Princess Masako: Prisoner of the Chrysanthemum Throne" — his book on the suffering of the crown princess. The government says the book was "disrespectful" and a "distortion of facts." Hills said, "There is only one person in this saga that deserves an apology and that's Princess Masako. I think the Kunaicho should apologize to her for bullying her into a state of nervous breakdown." (Kyodo)

雅子さま本の豪著者、外務省の謝罪要求を拒否

皇太子妃雅子さまの苦悩を取り上げた著書について、侮辱的で、事実にわい曲があると外務省から謝罪要求をされたオーストラリア人の著者は14日、要求を拒否した。

Shukan ST: Feb. 23, 2007

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