I hope those of you who are tired of this story will forgive me for posting again about lozengate, but, if you are an English speaker and you’re still interested, you really should know about this interview with Yuka Ogata on Canadian radio.
https://www.cbc.ca/radio/podcasts/current-affairs-information/as-it-happens/
Thanks to Tim Curnew for the heads up!
The relevant interview can be heard at
https://podcast-a.akamaihd.net/mp3/podcasts/asithappens-sl8Lt76J-20181003.mp3
beginning about about 50:30.
I learned some new things from the interview. I found it to be much more informative (at least regarding Ms. Ogata’s perspective) than local coverage in Japanese. Local coverage seems to be focused primarily on building up support for the idea that all of the blame rests with Ms. Ogata. Ironically, it seems like local coverage is the worst, national coverage is a good deal better, and international coverage is the best in this case. More “distance” (both physical and emotional) seems to be conducive to better journalism in this kind of situation.
– Kirk