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MEDIA CENSORSHIP

Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jun 13, 2016
Fiery Duterte mistakes media for the enemy
Asia's iron-fisted leaders see media as a threat to nationalism rather than a tool to drive economic reforms.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
May 30, 2016
Center for 'socialist journalism' opens in China as part of Xi push to cow media
Amid Chinese President Xi Jinping's moves to bring the media to heel, a "teaching and research center for socialist journalism with Chinese characteristics" opened in Beijing on Sunday, state media reported.
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
ASIA PACIFIC
May 23, 2016
As Obama begins Vietnam visit, BBC reporter says he has been banned
A BBC correspondent in Vietnam for U.S. President Barack Obama's visit to the country said Monday that he had been ordered by Vietnamese authorities to stop reporting — apparently because they suspected he had met one of the government's sharpest critics.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Apr 27, 2016
The muzzling of Japan's media is hurting Abenomics
How can Japan's fossilized politics and business change if media shies away from asking tough questions?
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 27, 2016
Why China's censors silenced a Net sensation
China's leaders, so determined to export their culture to the world, are instead cultivating a neutered entertainment industry with their censorship.
ASIA PACIFIC
Mar 21, 2016
Missing Chinese columnist who called for Xi to resign 'taken away' by police, lawyer says
Chinese police "took away" a well-known columnist last week before he tried to board a flight for Hong Kong and his whereabouts are still unknown, his lawyer said Monday.
EDITORIALS
Feb 11, 2016
Intimidation via the Broadcast Law
Communications minister Sanae Takaichi's statement strengthens the case for creating a neutral, independent body to take charge of broadcasting administration, including the issuance and withdrawals of licenses.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Jan 27, 2016
Rallying to stop Abe from gutting Japan's democracy
Shinzo Abe is treading dangerously close to shutting down freedom of the press and expression, and the opposition must come together to stop his drive to alter the Constitution.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Dec 11, 2015
Secrets law, one year later
The controversial state secret law that took effect last year has already had a chilling effect on the media: no one is even talking about it anymore.
EDITORIALS
Nov 15, 2015
Protecting broadcasters' freedom
Freedom of the press is a pillar of democracy. The administration and the LDP should refrain from trying to control the media.
ASIA PACIFIC
Nov 2, 2015
China to prosecute former Xinjiang newspaper editor who questioned party line
China will prosecute the former editor-in-chief of the official Communist Party publication in the violence-prone far western region of Xinjiang on charges of corruption after he expressed doubt about government policies, the paper said Monday.
ASIA PACIFIC
Aug 10, 2015
China's largest 'social video' websites carry out self-censorship, study finds
In China, even aspiring singers and would-be comedians bow to constant and automatic online surveillance.
Japan Times
JAPAN / History
Aug 8, 2015
Truth hurts: censorship in the media
"Truth, it has been said, is the first casualty of war." — Philip Snowden, July 1916
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jun 15, 2015
Elected autocrats help the media learn its place
The combination of media corporations that need governments, and governments that no longer need the mainstream media, render the central, self-defined task of journalism — holding power to account — archaic.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Mar 27, 2015
$50 media player making waves in changing North Korea
A $50 portable media player is providing many North Koreans a window to the outside world despite the government's efforts to keep its people isolated, a symbol of change in one of the world's most repressed societies.
WORLD
Mar 17, 2015
Thai women warned against taking 'underboob selfies'
Thailand's military government warned women on Monday against posting "selfie" photos of the lower half of their breasts — a social media trend that has gone viral — saying their actions could violate the country's computer crime laws.
JAPAN
Feb 10, 2015
Thousands sign petition for free speech amid climate of self-censorship
Journalists, academics, authors, filmmakers, musicians and members of the public put their names on an online petition supporting freedom of expression amid concern about self-censorship by media, lawmakers and society over the recent hostage crisis and the government's handling of it.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Issues / THE FOREIGN ELEMENT
Jan 26, 2015
Nous ne sommes pas Charlie: Voices that mock authority in Japan muzzled
Why is there no equivalent of Charlie Hebdo, 'The Daily Show' or 'Monty Python' in Japan?
WORLD
Jan 9, 2015
Paris attack highlights broader attempt to silence media
The attack on journalists in Paris is not an isolated incident but part of a broader attempt to muzzle the press. At least 158 reporters and photographers have been killed while doing their jobs since 2011, the worst three-year period on record.
'So hot you can't breathe': Extreme heat hits the Philippines
A pedestrian cools himself with a folding hand fan as he waits for a ride along a road in Manila on Wednesday, as extreme heat hit the Philippines.
Did Japan intervene to prop up the yen? Analysts think it did.
A man walks past an electronic board displaying the exchange rate for the yen against the U.S. dollar (right) in Tokyo on Tuesday.
Town to block view of Mount Fuji in response to overtourism
The town government of Fujikawaguchiko, Yamanashi Prefecture, decided to set up a 2.5-meter-high screen to prevent tourists from taking pictures of Mount Fuji looming behind a convenience store.
Number of vacant homes in Japan hits record high of 9 million
A vacant house in Tokyo is seen demolished in January 2020.
Weak yen fattens tourist wallets in Japan
People visit the Ameya Yokocho market in Tokyo's Ueno district during the Golden Week holiday on Tuesday.
Yellow sand allergy: A health issue made worse by climate change
A screenshot of the Meteorological Agency's satellite image of clouds and yellow sand (in pink) on Sunday.
Climate change, chalky grains and the risks for Japan’s rice farmers
A farmer plants seedlings in Satsumasendai, Kagoshima Prefecture. Japan’s self sufficiency rate for rice is nearly 100%, compared with 38% for food overall, on a calorie basis.
Japan wants you to spend more with ‘luxury tourism’
Performers play a traditional drum unique to Wajima, Ishikawa Prefecture, in the prefectural capital of Kanazawa on March 16 to mark the extension of the Hokuriku Shinkansen line to Tsuruga Station in Fukui Prefecture.
Theaster Gates’ ambitious ‘Afro-Mingei’ brings Black Chicago to Tokyo
Theaster Gates' “A Heavenly Chord” lines up church pews before seven speakers and a Hammond B3 organ, a type of electric organ prevalent in Black American churches.
Casa del Cibo: A thriving jewel born from Tohoku’s harsh past
When chef Ryohei Ikemi moved to Hachinohe, Aomori Prefecture, and opened Casa del Cibo in 2011, it was the first proper Italian restaurant in the city.

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