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Press Conference Christophe Deloire, Shirin Ebadi, Wu'er Kaixi, Members of Reporters Without Borders

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July 21, 2017 - Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan - Christophe Deloire, RFS secretary-general speaks during press conference about Freedom of Information and the Situation in Japan at The Foreign Correspondant’s Press Club ( FCCJ ) in Tokyo. In Japan, the situation of press freedom has also been undermined and has suffered setbacks, according to Reporters Without Borders, or Reporters Sans Frontieres (RFS), an international non-governmental organization that advocates press freedom. The watchdog, which has recently opened a bureau in Taipei focusing on East Asia, said Japan ranked 72 out of 180 countries the organization surveyed in terms of press freedom, saying that Prime Minister Shinzo Abe continues to threaten media freedom. It said the “kisha club” (reporter’s club) system is detrimental to press freedom and many journalists, both local and foreign are “harassed by government officials,” while criticizing the Japanese government for the special secrecy law, which the United Nations also said infringes media freedom. (Credit Image: © Alessandro Di Ciommo via ZUMA Wire)

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Daily Round Up 21 July 2017
July 21, 2017 - Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan - Christophe Deloire, RFS secretary-general speaks during press conference about Freedom of Information and the Situation in Japan at The Foreign Correspondant’s Press Club ( FCCJ ) in Tokyo. In Japan, the situation of press freedom has also been undermined and has suffered setbacks, according to Reporters Without Borders, or Reporters Sans Frontieres (RFS), an international non-governmental organization that advocates press freedom. The watchdog, which has recently opened a bureau in Taipei focusing on East Asia, said Japan ranked 72 out of 180 countries the organization surveyed in terms of press freedom, saying that Prime Minister Shinzo Abe continues to threaten media freedom. It said the “kisha club” (reporter’s club) system is detrimental to press freedom and many journalists, both local and foreign are “harassed by government officials,” while criticizing the Japanese government for the special secrecy law, which the United Nations also said infringes media freedom. (Credit Image: © Alessandro Di Ciommo via ZUMA Wire)