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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

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

Japan: Aichi Prefecture cancels art exhibition focused on censorship

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

U.N. Special Rapporteur David Kaye, center, speaks at a press conference in Tokyo, 19 April 2016. Kaye has found "serious threats" to the independence of the press in Japan, AP Photo/Yuri Kageyama

Political threats to media freedom undermine cornerstone of democracy in Japan

Recent reports of increasing political pressure on the freedom of the media raise serious concerns that the Japanese government may be trying to prevent journalists from fulfilling their role as watchdogs of democracy.