Makiko Segawa/CPJ Guest Blogger
Makiko Segawa is a Tokyo-based staff writer for the Shingetsu News Agency.
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Following disaster, Free Press Association of Japan launches
After the huge catastrophe that hit Japan this March, the country is in need of a freer media culture. A less restricted media would allow more people access to information at press conferences. In the name of this aim, in April 25, a group of Japanese freelance journalists launched a new organization called the Free Press Association of…