Norimitsu Onishi

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Norimitsu Onishi (ノリミツ・オオニシ or 大西哲光, Ōnishi Norimitsu^?) is a Japanese Canadian journalist born in Ichikawa, Chiba Prefecture, Japan. ^[1] When he was four, Onishi immigrated with his parents to Montreal, Quebec, Canada. He attended Princeton University and served as the chief editor of the student newspaper.^[2]

Onishi became Tokyo bureau chief for The New York Times in August 2003, after being West Africa bureau chief since October 1998.^{[citation needed]} Previously, he had been a metropolitan reporter covering City Hall for a year. He was Queens bureau chief from March 1995 to September 1997; rewrite and city weekly reporter from July 1994 to March 1995, and police reporter from January to July 1994.^{[citation needed]} He joined the newspaper in December 1993. Prior to joining The Times, Onishi was a reporter for The Detroit Free Press from 1992 until 1993.^{[citation needed]}

[edit] Controversy

Conservative critics in Japan accuse Onishi of having a strong anti-Japanese bias which, they suggest, helps foster a vilified image of Japan abroad.^[3]^[4] Some non-conservatives in Japan have also criticized Onishi. For example, his New York Times article, LETTER FROM ASIA: Why Japan Seems Content to Be Run by One Party^[5] provoked an official objection statement from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan for being "an incorrect article."^[6] His article on December 17, 2006, Japan Rightists Fan Fury Over North Korea Abductions,^[7] was also criticized by Kyoko Nakayama, Tokyo Special adviser to the Japanese Prime Minister on Abduction.^[8]^[9] Thomas H. Snitch, a former professor of American University and the president of Little Falls Associates, Inc. also mentioned that Onishi's coverage on Japan's effort to deal with the issue of the North Korean abductions of Japanese for being based on his political bias.^[10]

[edit] References

^ (Japanese) Onishi is suspected of being of naturalized Japanese citizen of Korean descent in several articles. See Takayama, Masayuki (July 13, 2006). "変幻自在 207: 似非日本人". Shukan Shincho: 146. and "「NYタイムズ」東京支局長は「反日記事」がお好き", Shukan Shincho, March 2003, p. 58.
^ (Japanese) Asahi Shimbun, September 21, 2003.
^ (Japanese) Nishimura, Kohyu. "反日スプリンクラーとして世界に歪曲・偏向記事を垂れ流すＮＹＴ東京支局長", SAPIO, 2006-05-10, pp. 76-78.
^ (Japanese) Komori, Yoshihisa. "世界の「反日レッド・ペーパー」研究〜日本悪玉論を喧伝する国際偏向報道に反撃を〜", Seiron magazine, 2006-12-01, pp. 54-58.
^ (English) Onishi, Norimitsu (2005-09-07). LETTER FROM ASIA: Why Japan Seems Content to Be Run by One Party. New York Times. Retrieved on January 3, 2007.
^ (Japanese) 自民党「支配」中朝と同一視　米紙ＮＹタイムズ報道外務省、不公正と“抗議. Sankei Shimbun (2005-09-03). Retrieved on January 3, 2007.
^ (English) Onishi, Norimitsu (2006-12-17). Japan Rightists Fan Fury Over North Korea Abductions. The New York Times. Retrieved on January 3, 2007.
^ (English) Nakayama, Kyoko (2006-12-25). Abductions in Japan. International Herald Tribune. Retrieved on January 3, 2007.
^ (Japanese) ＮＹタイムズ拉致「扇動」記事　政府が反論文投稿. Sankei Shimbun/Yahoo! News (2006-12-29). Retrieved on January 3, 2007.
^ (Japanese) Snitch, Thomas H. (2006-12-28). ＮＹタイムズ　拉致問題「右翼扇動」記事　政治的偏見による日本批判. Sankei Shimbun.