Japan's Prime Minister and leader of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) Shinzo Abe speaks during a debate session with seven other party leaders ahead of the December 14 lower house election in Tokyo December 1, 2014. Abe said on Monday he wants th
Japan's Prime Minister and leader of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) Shinzo Abe speaks during a debate session with seven other party leaders ahead of the December 14 lower house election in Tokyo December 1, 2014. Abe said on Monday he wants the Bank of Japan to do its utmost to achieve its 2 percent inflation target, but added that specific means to hit the goal were up to the central bank to decide. REUTERS/Toru Hanai (JAPAN - Tags: POLITICS BUSINESS ELECTIONS HEADSHOT)
Japan's Prime Minister and leader of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) Shinzo Abe speaks during a debate session with seven other party leaders ahead of the December 14 lower house election in Tokyo December 1, 2014. Abe said on Monday he wants the Bank of Japan to do its utmost to achieve its 2 percent inflation target, but added that specific means to hit the goal were up to the central bank to decide. REUTERS/Toru Hanai (JAPAN - Tags: POLITICS BUSINESS ELECTIONS HEADSHOT)

Like the fake news that Malia Obama is pregnant, Japan did not declare ABS-CBN news reader Korina Sanchez a "persona non grata" for saying on air that super typhoon Ruby (Hagupit) should spare the Philippines and hit Japan instead.

The source of that misinformation is a satire Web site named So, What's News? On the right side of the portal is the description of what SWN is, which reads: "So, What's News? Is a SATIRICAL & FICTIONAL news website. Our aim is to inject humor into everyday news to provide respite to readers who have grown weary with mainstream new organization's partisan, biased and depressing way of presenting the news."

In the satire news, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was even quoted as saying, "I am very saddened to hear reports of schadenfreude coming from a TV anchor who just last year, was put in her place by Mr. Anderson Cooper of CNN." He continued, "That is why without a second thought, I am declaring wholeheartedly Ms. Korina Sanchez of the Philippines, as an unwelcome person anywhere in Japan."

The same satire was repeated in several YouTube postings.

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On Twitter, a number of members asked if the news that Japan has declared the wife of Interior Sec Mar Roxas as "persona non grata," while some were happy, believing the news is true.

Raul J de Vera Jr had an "I knew it moment," saying, "I seriously don't think Japan government will stoop down to her level of thinking."

Andre Tiangco said that while the article appears to be a parody, still, Sanchez should be affected by people using the term "conduct unbecoming of an Interior Ministry's wife."

A Japanese with the Twitter handle @ouikawa said that Sanchez deserves the declaration, while patricia sembrano added, "serves korina sanchez right. Sometimes she really doesn't know how to watch her words."

Yna Arzadon-Blanco urged the news reader to review the code of ethics of journalism, while Sari Lazaro has a three-word advice: "Just zip it."

Lorenzo cruz pointed that Noli de Castro, the co-news reader of Sanchez and former vice president of the Philippines, wished that only half of the typhoon would hit Japan, so he should be declared half "persona non grata."

Kevin J has a nice suggest which many TV viewers would agree, even if the news was a hoax. He tweeted, "Korina Sanchez should be banned in Japan for real. In fact, she should be banned from National TV."

Since the offensive comment was aired on Saturday night, many Filipinos monitored on Monday TV Patrol, the newscast where Sanchez and de Castro appear, to see if the two would apologise for their remarks. But there were no apologies to the disappointment of viewers. At the end of their newscast, the two even proudly pointed out that the power of prayer of Filipinos caused the cold winds to come in and weaken Ruby into an ordinary typhoon as of that was the only remarks they made on Saturday.

The two ended the newscast all smiles, probably thinking that the impact of their negative comments too have been forgotten by the public and the country's Asian neighbours.