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Japanese tabloid accuses popular writer of faking his credentials in China

John Kennedy
John Kennedy

Updated: 11:16am, 1 Nov, 2012

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Headline article: Famous Japanese writer Kato Yoshikazu faked his resume: magazine Kato Yoshikazu, a widely-read writer in China, has been accused by Japanese tabloid Shukan Bunshun of lying to Chinese media saying he was once accepted to study at the University of Tokyo; Kato apologised yesterday (in Japanese only), but now Chinese netizens question other colourful claims of his, such as his Harvard admission, or that Chinese President Hu Jintao once paid him a special visit at Peking University.

 

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