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Freedom of press in Japan has gone down drastically, since Fukushima nuclear disaster

Jiji: Japan plummets in press freedom list — “Almost zero respect for access to information related to Fukushima… Should sound an alarm” -Group http://enenews.com/jiji-japan-plummets-press-freedom-list-almost-respect-access-information-related-fukushima-sharp-fall-sound-alarm
 Title: Japan dives to 53rd in press freedom list 
Source: Jiji Press
Date: Jan. 30, 2013
Japan plummeted to 53rd from 22nd last year in the 2013 press freedom ranking released by Reporters Without Borders, a Paris-based nonprofit organization, on Wednesday.

Japan “has been affected by a lack of transparency and almost zero respect for access to information on subjects directly or indirectly related to Fukushima,” the group said in a statement, referring to the crisis at Tokyo Electric Power Co.’s crippled Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant. “This sharp fall should sound an alarm,” it added. […]
See also: Professor: Goebbels would smile in his grave to see how nuclear establishment handled disaster (AUDIO)

February 1, 2013 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | civil liberties, Japan, media