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DAVID KAYE

Japan Times
JAPAN / Media / MEDIA MIX
Jun 24, 2017
Sticky bonds of the media and government
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.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jun 13, 2017
Japan, rights expert trade barbs over Tokyo's record on freedom of expression
A senior Japanese diplomat and a U.N. rights expert traded barbs Monday at the U.N. Human Rights Council over a report released in May that criticized Tokyo's record on freedom of opinion and expression.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / COUNTERPOINT
Jun 10, 2017
Arrogant Abe disrespects U.N. and the press
What is with Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's arrogant disrespect for the United Nations?
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jun 2, 2017
U.N. expert Kaye fires back at Tokyo's criticism of freedom of expression report
A United Nations expert on Friday defended his report on significant threats to freedom of expression in Japan as factually accurate, rebutting the Japanese government's assertions that his views are based on "hearsay information."
Japan Times
JAPAN / Society
May 30, 2017
U.N. rights expert airs concern about Japan's freedom of expression
A U.N. special rapporteur who visited Japan last year noted u201csignificant worrying signalsu201d for the countryu2019s freedom of expression and opinion in a report released Tuesday.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Media
May 28, 2016
Shooting the messenger: journalism under siege in Japan
Journalists who refuse to toe the official line are under pressure, experts say
Japan Times
JAPAN / Society
May 6, 2016
Expert sees Japan's high level of digital rights offset by public disinclined to curb Big Brother
Japanu2019s restrictions on freedom of expression are growing but its sleepy public might not wake up before itu2019s too late, a U.N. special rapporteur warns.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / COUNTERPOINT
Apr 30, 2016
Japan's meek media kowtows to the government
Last week I compared the Catholic Church in Boston and Japan's "nuclear village" of atomic-power advocates — two powerful institutions that stifled embarrassing revelations for some time. The Oscar-winning film "Spotlight" depicts the comeuppance of the church hierarchy after investigative reporters from The Boston Globe broke the story about pedophile priests in 2002, including how the church chose to reassign them to other unsuspecting dioceses where they continued to prey on children.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / COUNTERPOINT
Apr 23, 2016
Ebb tide for press freedoms in Shinzo Abe's Japan
A perfect storm is descending on freedom of the press in Japan: The country just sank to No. 72 in the global press freedom ranking issued Wednesday by Reporters Without Borders, down from No. 11 in 2010. And David Kaye, the U.N. special rapporteur on the promotion and protection of the right to freedom of opinion and expression, gave a press conference in Tokyo on Tuesday decrying censorship, weak legal protections and media intimidation in Japan — consequences of various media-muzzling initiatives by the Shinzo Abe administration. It also emerged that one Liberal Democratic Party member is the designated Internet attack dog who goes after foreign journalists for criticizing Abe, while in Sekai magazine, ousted NHK anchor Hiroko Kuniya talked about Japan's unfavorable media culture that inhibits robust journalism. Abe's press-freedom black eye comes just as "Spotlight" opens in theaters, and a month before G-7 leaders arrive.
JAPAN
Apr 20, 2016
Tokyo denies U.N. expert's accusation that it exerts pressure on media
The government on Wednesday brushed aside a U.N. rights expert's concerns about its influence over the media, saying the country has always upheld freedom of expression.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Apr 19, 2016
U.N. rapporteur on freedom of expression slams Japan's 'press club' system, government pressure
A United Nations expert on freedom of expression concludes that Japan's media independence is being jeopardized by government pressure.
JAPAN
Feb 3, 2016
U.N. expert on freedom of expression to visit Japan in April
A U.N. expert in charge of freedom of expression, whose visit was postponed at the Foreign Ministry's request, will visit Japan in April, the ministry said Wednesday.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Nov 20, 2015
Tokyo cancels U.N. freedom of expression expert's visit; supporters cite secrecy law scrutiny
The U.N. special rapporteur on freedom of expression says Tokyo has canceled his upcoming visit, raising suspicions it is reluctant to endure critical scrutiny of its new secrecy law.

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