Charge: Japanese Publisher Bows To Gov Pressure

“Kodansha Ltd., Japan’s largest publisher, said Friday it had dropped plans to release the translation of ‘Princess Masako: Prisoner of the Chrysanthemum Throne’ next month because of author Ben Hills’ refusal to publicly admit mistakes in the book and apologise. ‘The real reason is that they have submitted to bullying by the Japanese government not to publish the book,’ Hills says.”