An educative trip was planned for our group today. Asahi Shimbun, one of Japans largest Newspapers, opened up its doors. We were given badges and were escorted into a large office space where journalists were busy writing their new scoop of the day. Unfortunately, we were not allowed to take foto's in the office; seen as a leftist paper, the office has been the target of several assassination attacks of right-wing groups and Asahi Shimbun therefore does not appreciate their staff being photographed. So I refrained from shooting them as well (with my Sony).
Next, two giant presses were shown in the basement, which can spit out an average of 60.000 editions per hour. There we were given a preview of this evening's edition which was not yet available on the street. The next room showed the packing and handling of the papers. We were allowed to shoot there, so at least we have evidence of having been there...
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