“A significant number of journalists I met feel intense pressure from the government, abetted by management, to conform their reporting to official policy preferences,” David Kaye, Special Rapporteur on freedom of opinion and expression
"The Abe administration's threats to media independence, the turnover in media personnel in recent months and the increase of self-censorship within leading media outlets are endangering the underpinnings of democracy in Japan." Reporters Without Borders
Read more: Japan warned over threats to press freedom - FT.com, How Japan came to rank worse than Tanzania on press freedom - LA Times, World Press Freedom Day: Japan latest to crack down on reporters, Japan’s New Fascism | National Review, The Religious Cult Secretly Running Japan - The Daily Beast"The Abe administration's threats to media independence, the turnover in media personnel in recent months and the increase of self-censorship within leading media outlets are endangering the underpinnings of democracy in Japan." Reporters Without Borders
It could be the church next. Acts 18:19, "One night the Lord spoke to Paul in a vision: 'Do not be afraid; keep on speaking, do not be silent….'"
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