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The role of the press in exposing government secrets and corruption - From the Snowden incident and the experiences of foreign media
2014/12/1
Japan Newspaper Publishers & Editors Association Newspaper Research No.761
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[Column: Shoko Egawa] The world's strangest "verdict"
2014/8/11
Zaikei Shimbun
Trials are generally open to the public.
If not only can witnesses not be seen, but the testimony cannot be heard, it cannot be called "observing a trial," and the principle of open trials seems to be violated.
This is a "trial over observing a trial," which could be said to be an issue that goes beyond the "right to take notes" that was recognized in the court memo trial.
Raising the Wall of Secrecy in Japan －the State Secrecy Law of 2013
2014/3/26
Meiji Law Journal, Vol. 21 (p13-p34)
Japanʼs national Diet adopted a comprehensive state secrecy law on December 6, 2013.1 Expanded state secrecy power is emblematic of the broad political agenda of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and his allies.
Japan's 2013 Special Secrets Act: Abe administration's threats against the press
2014/3/10
Asia Pacific Journal / Japan Focus Vol. 12, Issue 10, No. 1
The "Specially Designated Secrets Protection Law"1 poses a severe threat to news reporting and press freedom in Japan. Government officials have not shied away from intimidating reporters in the past. ..............
The Obama Administration and Journalism 1.4 million people in the United States have access to top-secret information; the secrecy system weakens the nation
2013/12/1
Asahi Shimbun "Journalism" no.283
A new secrecy law?
2013/10/21
Asia Pacific Journal / Japan Focus Vol. 11, Issue 42, No. 1
The last major change to Japan’s secrecy law was made in 2001 when the Diet revised the Self-Defense Forces Law (jietai-ho) to include a new provision protecting information designated as a “defense secret” (boei himitsu).1 During the extraordinary Diet session that opens on October 15, the Abe administration plans to submit a “Designated Secrets Protection” bill (tokutei himitsu hogo hoan) to the Diet with the goal of strengthening Japan’s secrecy regime.2
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