Committee to Protect Journalists - Japan tag:cpj.org,2008-09-16://1 2012-08-16T22:09:20Z Movable Type 4.38 Japan should release journalists covering Chinese protest tag:cpj.org,2012://1.20277 2012-08-16T21:52:39Z 2012-08-16T22:09:20Z Committee to Protect Journalists New York, August 16, 2012--Japanese authorities should release two Phoenix TV journalists detained Wednesday while covering Chinese protesters landing on a disputed territory between Japan and China, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today. 

]]> Reuters: Thailand says troops may have killed journalist tag:cpj.org,2010://1.16388 2010-12-10T18:28:35Z 2010-12-10T19:57:08Z Committee to Protect Journalists Reuters
New York, December 10, 2010--Investigators in Thailand now believe that troops may have been responsible for the shooting death of Reuters cameraman Hiro Muramoto, at left, on April 10, according to a leaked preliminary state probe by Thailand's Department of Special Investigation (DSI), Reuters reported from Bangkok today.

Thai government investigators said in the report that the death of Muramoto, a 43-year-old Japanese national based in Tokyo, "was caused by a high-velocity bullet as gunfire flashed from the direction of soldiers." Thailand's government has not released the report into Muramoto's death despite intense diplomatic pressure from Japan.
]]> Japanese journalist held by Burmese government tag:cpj.org,2010://1.16270 2010-11-08T20:26:20Z 2010-11-09T00:29:15Z Committee to Protect Journalists Burma must immediately release Toru Yamaji, a reporter with Tokyo-based APF news agency, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today. Yamaji, 49, was detained Sunday in Myawaddy, on the country's eastern border with Thailand while trying to cover the country's first elections in two decades, according to international media reports, which quoted Japan's embassy in Rangoon. He was flown to the capital after being detained, the embassy was reported as saying.

]]> Japanese journalist reported kidnapped in Afghanistan tag:cpj.org,2010://1.14509 2010-04-02T20:09:18Z 2010-04-08T17:30:56Z Committee to Protect Journalists New York, April 2, 2010—The Committee to Protect Journalists expressed concern today after a Japanese official said freelance Japanese journalist Kosuke Tsuneoka had apparently been kidnapped in northern Afghanistan. 

]]> Statement on police abuse of journalists in Kashgar tag:cpj.org,2008:/blog//1.77 2008-08-05T13:50:59Z 2008-08-05T14:28:16Z We issued this statement from Hong Kong after learning of reports today of the detention and beating of two Japanese reporters, Masami Kawakita, a photographer from the Chunichi Shimbun newspaper's Tokyo headquarters, and Shinji Katsuta, a reporter for the Nippon Television Network, and the harassment of Reuters reporter, Emma Graham-Harrison,... Committee to Protect Journalists We issued this statement from Hong Kong after learning of reports today of the detention and beating of two Japanese reporters, Masami Kawakita, a photographer from the Chunichi Shimbun newspaper's Tokyo headquarters, and Shinji Katsuta, a reporter for the Nippon Television Network, and the harassment of Reuters reporter, Emma Graham-Harrison, in Kashgar in China's Xinjiang province:

 

"This sort of behavior is reprehensible. The hostility of Chinese authorities toward the media has permeated down to grass roots levels. China must address this attitude on the part of police everywhere across the country. Journalists - foreign and Chinese - must not be seen as easy targets for police abuse," said Bob Dietz, CPJ's Asia program coordinator.

]]> Attacks on the Press 2007: Asia Snapshots tag:cpj.org,2008://1.6734 2008-02-05T16:55:30Z 2009-04-07T17:26:50Z Committee to Protect Journalists Attacks & developments throughout the region]]> Attacks on the Press 2006: Asia Snapshots tag:216.139.245.96,2007://1.6805 2007-02-05T16:45:58Z 2009-04-07T18:16:52Z Committee to Protect Journalists Attacks & Developments Throughout the Region]]> Leading business daily targeted tag:216.139.245.96,2006:/cases//9.436 2006-07-21T16:00:00Z 2006-07-21T16:00:00Z JULY 21, 2006 Posted July 28, 2006 Nihon Keizai Shimbun ATTACKED An unidentified man hurled a Molotov cocktail at the headquarters of Japan’s largest business daily, Nihon Keizai Shimbun, according to local and international press reports. No one was hurt in the attack, and the office suffered minor damage.... Committee to Protect Journalists JULY 21, 2006
Posted July 28, 2006

Nihon Keizai Shimbun
ATTACKED

An unidentified man hurled a Molotov cocktail at the headquarters of Japan’s largest business daily, Nihon Keizai Shimbun, according to local and international press reports. No one was hurt in the attack, and the office suffered minor damage.
]]> CPJ Update tag:216.139.245.96,2004://1.8616 2004-04-16T04:00:00Z 2008-09-25T12:03:17Z CPJ Update April 16, 2004 News from the Committee to Protect Journalists Return to front page | See previous Updates... Committee to Protect Journalists
CPJ Update
April 16, 2004
News from the Committee to Protect Journalists

]]> Attacks on the Press 2003: North Korea tag:216.139.245.96,2004://1.7074 2004-03-11T17:02:55Z 2009-04-23T18:50:55Z North Korea's goal in a global nuclear crisis put the country on the front page of international papers throughout 2003. But the regime's absolute control over news and information ensured that the world continued to know little about what happened inside the country's tightly fortified borders.... Committee to Protect Journalists North Korea's goal in a global nuclear crisis put the country on the front page of international papers throughout 2003. But the regime's absolute control over news and information ensured that the world continued to know little about what happened inside the country's tightly fortified borders.
]]> Attacks on the Press in 2003: Journalists in Prison tag:216.139.245.96,2004://1.7114 2004-03-11T17:00:00Z 2009-03-27T17:49:43Z There were 138 journalists in prison around the world at the end of 2003 who were jailed for practicing their profession. The number is the same as last year. An analysis of the reasons behind this is contained in the introduction on page 10. At the beginning of 2004, CPJ... Committee to Protect Journalists There were 138 journalists in prison around the world at the end of 2003 who were jailed for practicing their profession. The number is the same as last year. An analysis of the reasons behind this is contained in the introduction on page 10.

At the beginning of 2004, CPJ sent letters of inquiry to the heads of state of every country on the list below requesting information about each jailed journalist. Readers are encouraged to add their voices to CPJ's by writing directly to the heads of state, whose names and addresses can be found at www.cpj.org.
]]> Freelance journalist murdered tag:216.139.245.96,2003://1.3429 2003-09-17T16:00:00Z 2003-09-17T16:00:00Z New York, September 17, 2003—The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) is gravely concerned by the recent murder of Japanese freelance journalist Satoru Someya and is conducting an investigation to determine if he was killed for his work. On September 12, police found Someya's body near a pier in Tokyo Bay.... Committee to Protect Journalists New York, September 17, 2003—The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) is gravely concerned by the recent murder of Japanese freelance journalist Satoru Someya and is conducting an investigation to determine if he was killed for his work.

On September 12, police found Someya's body near a pier in Tokyo Bay. The exact time of his death is not known, although an autopsy determined that Someya had been dead for one to two weeks, according to Japanese press reports.
]]> Attacks on the Press 2002: Israel and the Occupied Territories (Including the Palestinian Authority Territories) tag:216.139.245.96,2003://1.7146 2003-03-31T17:05:45Z 2009-04-20T19:50:23Z While the press is largely free within Israel proper, the country's military assault on the Occupied Territories fueled a sharp deterioration in press freedom in the West Bank and Gaza during much of 2002. Despite vocal international protest, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) committed an assortment of press freedom abuses,... Committee to Protect Journalists While the press is largely free within Israel proper, the country's military assault on the Occupied Territories fueled a sharp deterioration in press freedom in the West Bank and Gaza during much of 2002. Despite vocal international protest, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) committed an assortment of press freedom abuses, ranging from banning press access in the West Bank to opening fire on journalists covering events.]]> CPJ concerned that new laws may infringe on free press tag:216.139.245.96,2002://1.1677 2002-05-21T16:00:00Z 2008-10-02T19:39:25Z Your Excellency: The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) is concerned that the proposed Personal Data Protection Bill contains provisions that infringe on journalists' freedom to gather information and report the news. Committee to Protect Journalists May 21, 2002
His Excellency Junichiro Koizumi
Prime Minister
Tokyo, Japan

Via facsimile: +81 3 55 11 7210
Your Excellency:

The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) is concerned that the proposed Personal Data Protection Bill contains provisions that infringe on journalists' freedom to gather information and report the news.
 ]]> No justice for murdered Asahi Shimbun reporter tag:216.139.245.96,2002://1.3017 2002-05-02T16:00:00Z 2002-05-02T16:00:00Z Kojiri Tomohiro photo: courtesy of Asahi Shimbun New York, May 2, 2002—CPJ regrets that 15 years after the murder of Japanese journalist Tomohiro Kojiri, a reporter for the daily Asahi Shimbun, no one has been brought to justice for this crime. The statute of limitations on his case expired... Committee to Protect Journalists
Kojiri Tomohiro
photo: courtesy of Asahi Shimbun
New York, May 2, 2002—CPJ regrets that 15 years after the murder of Japanese journalist Tomohiro Kojiri, a reporter for the daily Asahi Shimbun, no one has been brought to justice for this crime. The statute of limitations on his case expired tonight at midnight, Tokyo time.
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