Wow. There is just enough realism to draw people in, but it so freaking biased and the girl is incredibly naive. This is the first chapter so if it is propaganda it would keep things seeming reasonable before mixing in the really racist stuff in future chapters.
Unfortunately, knowing the current affairs of protesting and the opinionated corporate shills that every news station has become the stuff in the first chapter doesn't seem to far-fetched in my country. I don't know about Japan though.