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Bite the Dog: cracking down on the Japanese press

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  07 May 2025

David McNeill
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The watchdog role of journalists in Japan is on trial in several cases with enormous implications for freedom of the press here

In a summer laden with portentous anniversaries, several important skirmishes between journalists and the people they keep tabs on passed by almost unnoticed.

In July, Matsuoka Toshiyasu, president of the Rokusaisha publishing company, was arrested on a deformation charge that has editors across the country nervously consulting their rolodexes for libel lawyers.

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Asia-Pacific Journal , Volume 3 , Issue 8 , August 2005 , e13
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