LDP MP's ask to see 'Yasukuni' film

There was an interesting item on News 23 (channel 6) tonight about conservative LDP lawmakers asking to see the documentary film 'Yasukuni', to make sure that it was not 'anti-Japan' and that grant money was not 'mis-used'. You can read a report HERE. It seems to be the first time that politicians have intervened in this way before public screening. One of the lawmakers being interviewed stressed that she wanted to make sure that the film portrayed history objectively and was not ideological. This means that all sports commentary, evening news programs with their incredible 'commentators', and pretty much everything else in the cultural industries need politicians to nursemaid prior to general public release.