Tokyo Vice (2009)
“An article by a former reporter assigned there had appeared in Tsukuru magazine, a journal for the media trade, and it had been scathing. “Yomiuri Shinbun: My Three Months of Disillusionment” was the title, but if that didn’t get the point across, there was the subtitle: “Disillusion, Desperation, Suffering, and Finally a Decision.”
The exposé documented the endless trivial tasks the author had been forced to perform 24/7. It told of abuse by an editor who went ballistic upon encountering the u...se of a kanji not on the approved list for the paper, cursing out the young reporter and throwing a sandal at his head. It told of the stench of sake permeating the office at six each evening, when the editor declared the workday over and always opened a bottle.
I would come to view my own first year at the paper as a partial validation of the article. I say “partial” because I don’t think the author really understood the full picture, which is: the first year of life as a reporter in Japan is an elaborate hazing, punctuated by a little on-the-job training.MoreLess
The exposé documented the endless trivial tasks the author had been forced to perform 24/7. It told of abuse by an editor who went ballistic upon encountering the u...se of a kanji not on the approved list for the paper, cursing out the young reporter and throwing a sandal at his head. It told of the stench of sake permeating the office at six each evening, when the editor declared the workday over and always opened a bottle.
I would come to view my own first year at the paper as a partial validation of the article. I say “partial” because I don’t think the author really understood the full picture, which is: the first year of life as a reporter in Japan is an elaborate hazing, punctuated by a little on-the-job training.MoreLess
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