Aichi Triennale: Our freedoms are not dead just yet
The sudden Aug. 3 closure of "After 'Freedom of Expression?'" — a multiartist exhibit at the Aichi Triennale 2019 — clearly highlighted the ongoing struggles some people have with that very issue of freedoms in Japan. Ironically, too, that exhibit comprised contributions that, according to ...
The Supreme Court said Wednesday it will reprimand a 52-year-old judge for his controversial social media post earlier this year, marking a first in Japan. Judge Kiichi Okaguchi held a news conference later in the day and argued that the decision runs counter to his ...
Trump's attacks on media may lead to real violence, U.N. expert says
U.S. President Donald Trump's verbal attacks on the media run the risk of triggering real violence against journalists, the U.N. rapporteur for freedom of expression said on Thursday. In a joint statement with Edison Lanza, who holds the same post at the Inter-American Commission on ...
Battling campus oppression of the freedom of expression
'Bias response teams' are squelching liberty of speech at American universities.
Protestors rally at Diet as conspiracy law is rammed through
A controversial law to criminalize the planning of certain crimes that was steamrolled through the Diet early Thursday provoked large protests by opponents who say it could lead to abuse of power and curtail freedom of expression. In interviews at the rally and across the ...
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. David Kaye, the U.N. special rapporteur on the right to freedom ...
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." "I feel very confident based on the work we've done and ...
Abe government clashes with U.N. rapporteurs critical of Japan
Weeks after a U.N. special rapporteur released a surprise open letter slamming a state-backed conspiracy bill that critics warn could erode privacy and free speech rights, the Cabinet of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has shown no sign of letting up on its targeting of ...
U.N. rights expert airs concern about Japan's freedom of expression
A U.N. special rapporteur who visited Japan last year noted “significant worrying signals” for the country’s freedom of expression and opinion in a report released Tuesday.
A ban on "mannequin flash mobs" issued by a city in Kanagawa Prefecture, was set aside by a district court on Wednesday without assessing whether the order violated the constitutional right to freedom of expression. The Yokohama District Court sided with plaintiffs, including Minako Yoshida, ...
Expert sees Japan's high level of digital rights offset by public disinclined to curb Big Brother
Japan’s restrictions on freedom of expression are growing but its sleepy public might not wake up before it’s too late, a U.N. special rapporteur warns.
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.
