The linked article ends with this:
“Why the Japanese media has refused to identify the ‘religious group’ that formed the motive for the killing must remain as speculation at this juncture, though it reflects very poorly on Japan’s status as a democratic nation.”
It’s important to note that the Japanese media is not monolithic.
It’s true that the major newspapers (Asahi, Yomiuri, Mainichi, Nikkei, etc.) and the broadcaster NHK do not, as of this moment, seem to have named the religious group yet; nor do they seem to have explained why they are not naming it.
However, the group is named in online news stories by some of the weekly magazines [1, 2, 3] and will presumably be in their print editions within a few days. It’s all over Twitter etc., too.
[1] https://web.archive.org/web/20220710064519/https://www.daily...
[2] https://web.archive.org/web/20220710061754/https://gendai.is...
[3] https://web.archive.org/web/20220710062542/https://news.yaho...
“Why the Japanese media has refused to identify the ‘religious group’ that formed the motive for the killing must remain as speculation at this juncture, though it reflects very poorly on Japan’s status as a democratic nation.”
It’s important to note that the Japanese media is not monolithic.
It’s true that the major newspapers (Asahi, Yomiuri, Mainichi, Nikkei, etc.) and the broadcaster NHK do not, as of this moment, seem to have named the religious group yet; nor do they seem to have explained why they are not naming it.
However, the group is named in online news stories by some of the weekly magazines [1, 2, 3] and will presumably be in their print editions within a few days. It’s all over Twitter etc., too.
[1] https://web.archive.org/web/20220710064519/https://www.daily...
[2] https://web.archive.org/web/20220710061754/https://gendai.is...
[3] https://web.archive.org/web/20220710062542/https://news.yaho...