Writer Hyakuta under fire over remarks on newspapers

Photo shows Japanese writer Naoki Hyakuta. On June 25, 2015, he told a meeting of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party that two Okinawa newspapers that are critical of the government should be "destroyed." In a telephone interview with Kyodo News the following day, Hyuakuta said he made the remarks "as a joke" and they were meant to be off the record. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo