PM expresses regret over novelist Hyakuta's criticism of Okinawa newspapers Prime Minister Shinzo Abe expressed regret on June 26 over best-selling novelist Naoki Hyakuta's suggestion that two Okinawa newspapers should be shut down, made a day earlier at a ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) study session.
TOKYO - Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was on the defensive Friday after a party lawmaker reportedly suggested newspapers hostile to his hawkish military policy should be punished, calling on businesses to boycott advertising in them.