Speak no evil

WITH a weak opposition, an election in the bag and buoyant approval ratings, the government of Shinzo Abe, Japan’s prime minister, would hardly seem to have much to fight against. Yet it is waging an increasingly heavy-handed campaign to intimidate the media. Even pro-government journalists are crying foul.

[kaeru-no-tsura]

5年前の記事だけど、NHKだけ名指しでなおかつマイク持ってるのが女性なの、今見るとウワァってなるな…

[tsugu_k]

英エコノミスト誌が安部政権は「メディアを威嚇」と報道。

[xyn9]

(The Economist)

[Miya]

たった5年で！> In a global ranking of media freedom by Reporters Without Borders, a Paris-based watchdog, Japan now comes 61st, a fall of 50 places in just five years. / Speak no evil | The Economist

[paravola]

（挿絵）エコノミスト：安倍政権と日本メディア／"muzzling the media include thinly veiled threats over broadcasters’ licences"