Those who swim against the current like Isoko Mochizuki often pay a high price for it. Trolls, threats, job problems. WELT spoke on the phone with the most famous "watchdog" in Japan. Netflix has just announced that it will produce a series about their work. On a weekday at lunchtime, we reach Mochizuki in the home office. You can hear her children in the background, dishes clattering, while she declines the problems of Japan's politics at a dizzying pace. Years ago, Mochizuki had already attracted attention with unusual appearances at the press conferences of the current head of government. In contrast to Germany, provocative questions are not part of the public game between the press and politicians. A clip streamed hundreds of thousands of times on Twitter shows how the reporter is handled.