Soleimani's ominous murder

The third day is 2020, the United States. The Defense Department reported that General Qassem Soleimani, the Iranian Quds Force Commander, was assassinated. Few Tokyo tended to bother themselves with his murder while the country celebrated its first festival in Reiwa's new era.

The Tokyo-based media's initial reaction at best was low-tone. Just one publication house on the U.S. attack in big Japanese newspapers had been publi....