"....Japanese papers, unlike British ones, are very nearly identical. You could start an editorial in the Yomiuri newspaper, move on to the Asahi and end with the Mainichi - Japan's three biggest selling dailies - and not detect the join. This makes the degree of conformity less baffling. Each day millions of Japanese read almost the same stories and editorials, even though they take different newspapers. When so many are drilled with the same facts and opinions, tea-break squabbles at the office are understandably rare."