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Spotlight: Japan Attacks Gender

Outrage in Japan after popular TV program "Tunnels" ridicules LGBTQI+ community

Outrage in Japan after popular TV program

5 October 2017
Human Rights Watch (HRW)

The revival broadcast of a popular Japanese television show in the 1980s featuring offensive stereotypes of gay men generated public outrage.

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Access to Information Japan Censorship Free Expression & the Law

Political threats to media freedom undermine cornerstone of democracy in Japan

Recent reports of increasing political pressure on the freedom of the media raise serious concerns that the Japanese government may be trying to prevent journalists from fulfilling their role as watchdogs of democracy.

‎ ARTICLE 19‎22 April 2016

Access to Information Japan Free Expression & the Law

Country Report: The Right to Information in Japan

Article 21 of the Constitution of Japan guarantees freedom of assembly, association, speech, press and all other forms of expression.

‎ ARTICLE 19‎16 October 2015

Access to Information Japan Digital Rights

Japan and U.S. align on TPP provisions that harm Japanese creators

Japan's entry into the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) will see a wide range of changes sweeping the economy and the community. These include copyright changes, which unlike in many other TPP countries have sparked national attention.

‎ Electronic Frontier Foundation‎14 August 2015

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Media outlets in Japan facing pressure over criticism of ruling party

‎ International Press Institute

Japan Censorship Free Expression & the Law 3 July 2015
Draconian law on state secrets takes effect in Japan

‎ Reporters Without Borders

Access to Information Japan Free Expression & the Law 18 December 2014
Japan's state secrets law, a minefield for journalists

‎ Committee to Protect Journalists

Access to Information Japan Free Expression & the Law 5 November 2014
Japanese prosecutor suspends contempt proceedings against journalist

‎ Reporters Without Borders

Japan Censorship Free Expression & the Law 4 June 2014
Nuclear lobby still gagging independent coverage three years after Fukushima disaster

‎ Reporters Without Borders

Access to Information Japan Censorship Free Expression & the Law 13 March 2014
International journalists' organisation denounces state secrets law enacted in Japan

‎ International Federation of Journalists

Access to Information Japan Free Expression & the Law 13 December 2013
Japan's new secrets bill violates free expression standards

‎ ARTICLE 19

Access to Information Japan Free Expression & the Law 13 November 2013
What will Japan's entry into international trade agreement mean for Internet users?

‎ Electronic Frontier Foundation

International Japan Digital Rights 30 July 2013
Japanese journalists barred from anti-nuclear protest coverage

‎ Reporters Without Borders

Japan Censorship 9 November 2012
Japan releases Chinese journalists detained while covering a protest

‎ Committee to Protect Journalists

Japan China Free Expression & the Law 17 August 2012
Nuclear industry entrepreneur seeks massive damages from freelancer

‎ Reporters Without Borders

Japan Free Expression & the Law 11 July 2012
A year after Fukushima meltdown, residents kept in the dark about fallout

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Japan 14 March 2012
A year after Fukushima explosion, authorities urged to disclose detailed information about health, food safety

‎ Human Rights Watch

Japan 9 March 2012
Human Rights Watch urges Japan to press Burma's foreign minister on human rights issues

‎ Human Rights Watch

Japan Burma 20 October 2011
Media discouraged from reporting on tsunami, earthquake fallout, says CPJ

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Japan 20 April 2011
ARTICLE 19 and RSF offer resources for reporters covering Japan crisis

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Japan 23 March 2011
High court dismisses music company's lawsuit against freelance journalist

‎ Reporters Without Borders

Japan 10 August 2009
Two journalists reporting on warship fire go missing following helicopter crash

‎ International Federation of Journalists

Japan 17 July 2008
ACTIVISTS CHARGED FOR EXPOSING WHALE MEAT SCANDAL

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Japan 16 July 2008
Two environmentalists arrested for exposing alleged embezzlement in government-sponsored whaling programme

‎ ARTICLE 19

Japan 10 July 2008
Annual Report 2008: Japan

‎ Reporters Without Borders

Japan 16 April 2008
Freedom of the Press 2007: Japan

‎ Freedom House

Japan 26 March 2008
Ruling politicians pressured public television to censor programme on wartime sex slavery, court finds

‎ International Federation of Journalists

Japan 15 February 2007
Alarm at fire-bomb attack against financial paper

‎ Reporters Without Borders

Japan 21 July 2006
HIGH COURT AFFIRMS JOURNALISTS' RIGHT TO PROTECT SOURCES

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Japan 28 June 2006
High Court reaffirms journalists' rights to protect sources

‎ International Federation of Journalists

Japan 20 June 2006

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