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Bill to stifle flow of information poised to pass in Japan
Sources News Release
http://www.sources.com/Releases/NR2007.htm
Publisher: Committee to Protect Journalists
Date Written: 04/12/2013
Year Published: 2013
Resource Type: Article
The Committee to Protect Journalists is gravely concerned by a new state secrets bill before the Japanese parliament, which, if passed, would broaden the government's power to determine which information can be kept secret.
Abstract: New York, December 3, 2013--The Committee to Protect Journalists is gravely concerned by a new state secrets bill before the Japanese parliament, which, if passed, would broaden the government's power to determine which information can be kept secret.
Under the bill, government officials would be able to designate certain information that has the potential to jeopardize Japan's national security as "specified secrets," news reports said. The specified secrets would cover four categories: defe...
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