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Seiko Hashimoto, president of the Tokyo 2020 Olympics Organising Committee, at a press conference in Tokyo, Japan, 11 June 2021. She had announced earlier that week that the Committee is planning to use GPS for foreign media as a measure to prevent the spread of COVID-19. Yuichi Yamazaki/Getty Images

Japan: Foreign journalists to be tracked by GPS at Tokyo Olympics

Japan | Digital Rights

The International Federation of Journalists said this policy denies journalists their right to privacy and limits the freedom of the press.

19 June 2021

Japan: Aichi Prefecture cancels art exhibition focused on censorship

Japan | Censorship

An art exhibition about taboo topics in Japan was canceled raising questions about freedom of expression in the country.

18 August 2019
A participant dressed in an ancient samurai warrior costume with the rainbow flag on his helmet poses before the Tokyo Rainbow Pride parade, 7 May 2017, AP Photo/Shizuo Kambayashi

Outrage in Japan after popular TV program “Tunnels” ridicules LGBTQI+ community

Japan | Attacks

The revival broadcast of a popular Japanese television show in the 1980s featuring offensive stereotypes of gay men generated public outrage.

5 October 2017