I think that subscribers to my blog are casually getting information from English-based media on a daily basis. It's natural that they would burst into applause at the success of the Japanese Asteroid Explorer HAYABUSA. As far as I know, the success was unprecedented and was reported in a variety of media. However, almost all of the Japanese media were silent. Why?
I could see the live fire streak from the HAYABUSA capsule produced by the re-entry into the atmosphere via the internet. It was aired from the desert of Australia. It was beautiful. HAYABUSA left the earth on May 9th in 2003 and came back on June 13th after 7 years, overcoming various difficulties for the 6 billions km's journey. It's also a fact that indicates the high level of Japanese space science.
Do you know about the poor failure in launching a rocket in South Korea a few weeks ago? Apparently the Japanese media refrained from reporting the success of Japan, considering the South Korean people's feelings. Such consideration is nonsense.
Why don't the Japanese media report facts that are inconvenient to the Koreas and China?
- (Vocabulary)
- polarized/biased 偏向した
- coverage（ニュースなどの）報道
- asteroid explorer HAYABUSA 小惑星探査機はやぶさ
- on a daily / day-to-day / routine basis 日常的に
- make its re-entry into the atmosphere 大気圏に再突入する
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