Last month, the United Nations Human Rights Council released a report critical of the Japanese government. The author, David Kaye, expressed concern over the way the media is pressured by the authorities to support their policies. The government objected to the report, saying it has never tried to sway the media.
Kaye was also critical of the media itself, focusing on the infamous press clubs that control access to government information and thus limit the kind of reporting that checks state overreach and malfeasance. The end game for many reporters is forming working relationships with individuals in power.
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KEYWORDS
Shinzo Abe,
Vladimir Putin,
NHK,
Asahi Shimbun,
Yomiuri Shimbun,
Noboru Takeshita,
David Kaye,
Kihei Maekawa,
Shukan Kinyobi,
Kotaro Kake,
UN Human Rights Council,
Litera,
Akiko Iwata,
Shiro Tazaki
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