Press freedom in contemporary Japan
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Press freedom in contemporary Japan
Routledge, 2017
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  Iwate
  Miyagi
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  Yamagata
  Fukushima
  Ibaraki
  Tochigi
  Gunma
  Saitama
  Chiba
  Tokyo
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  Niigata
  Toyama
  Ishikawa
  Fukui
  Yamanashi
  Nagano
  Gifu
  Shizuoka
  Aichi
  Mie
  Shiga
  Kyoto
  Osaka
  Hyogo
  Nara
  Wakayama
  Tottori
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  Okayama
  Hiroshima
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  Tokushima
  Kagawa
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  Kochi
  Fukuoka
  Saga
  Nagasaki
  Kumamoto
  Oita
  Miyazaki
  Kagoshima
  Okinawa
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Includes bibliographical references and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
In twenty-first century Japan there are numerous instances of media harassment, intimidation, censorship and self-censorship that undermine the freedom of the press and influence how the news is reported. Since Abe returned to power in 2012, the recrudescence of nationalism under his leadership has emboldened right-wing activists and organizations targeting liberal media outlets, journalists, peace museums and ethnic Korean residents in Japan. This ongoing culture war involves the media, school textbooks, constitutional revision, pacifism and security doctrine.
This text is divided into five sections that cover:
Politics of press freedom;
The legal landscape;
History and culture;
Marginalization;
PR, public diplomacy and manipulating opinion.
Press Freedom in Contemporary Japan brings together contributions from an international and interdisciplinary line-up of academics and journalists intimately familiar with the current climate, in order to discuss and evaluate these issues and explore potential future outcomes. It is essential reading for anyone wishing to understand contemporary Japan and the politics of freedom of expression and transparency in the Abe era. It will appeal to students, academics, Japan specialists, journalists, legal scholars, historians, political scientists, sociologists, and those engaged in human rights, media studies and Asian Studies.
Table of Contents
Introduction
Part I: The Politics of Press Freedom
1. Media Muzzling under the Abe Administration
2. The Right-Wing Media and the Rise of Illiberal Politics in Japan
3. A Pooch After All? The Asahi Shimbun's Foiled Foray into Watchdog Journalism
4. The Hatoyama Administration and the Outing of the Establishment Media
5. NHK: The Changing and Unchanged Politics of Semi-Independence
6. Abe and Press Oppression: Guilty, Not Guilty or Not Proven? Michael
Part II: Legal Landscape
7. Chilling Effects on News Reporting in Japan's "Anonymous Society"
8. Japan's Designated Secrets Law
9. State Secrets and Freedom of the Press in Japan
Part III: History and Culture wars
10. Press Freedom Under Fire: "Comfort Women", the Asahi Affair and Uemura Takashi
11. Letter Campaigns, the Japanese Media, and the Effort to Censor History
12. Remanufacturing Consent: History, Nationalism and Popular Culture in Japan
13. NHK, War-related Television, and the Politics of Fairness
14. Pointing the Bone: A Personal Account of Media Repression in Japan
15. Tabloid nationalism and racialism in Japan
Part IV: Marginalization
16. Media Marginalization and Vilification of Minorities in Japan
17. Media Side-lines the sit-in protest in Takae, Okinawa
18. A Historical Perspective on Press Freedom in Okinawa
Part V: PR, Public Diplomacy and Manipulating Opinion
19. Spin over Substance? The PR Strategies of Vladimir Putin and Abe Shinzo
20. Japan's Global Information War: Propaganda, Free Speech and Opinion Control Since 3/11
21. The Japan Lobby, Press Freedom and Public Diplomacy
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