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Author:   Jeff Kingston (Temple University, Japan)
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Dimensions:   Width: 15.60cm , Height: 2.30cm , Length: 23.40cm
Weight:   0.544kg
ISBN:  

9781138189591

ISBN 10:   1138189596
Pages:   322
Publication Date:   12 December 2016
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  Undergraduate
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

"Introduction Part I: The Politics of Press Freedom 1. Media Muzzling under the Abe Administration 2. The Right-Wing Media and the Rise of Illiberal Politics in Japan 3. A Pooch After All? The Asahi Shimbun’s Foiled Foray into Watchdog Journalism 4. The Hatoyama Administration and the Outing of the Establishment Media 5. NHK: The Changing and Unchanged Politics of Semi-Independence 6. Abe and Press Oppression: Guilty, Not Guilty or Not Proven? Michael Part II: Legal Landscape 7. Chilling Effects on News Reporting in Japan’s ""Anonymous Society"" 8. Japan’s Designated Secrets Law 9. State Secrets and Freedom of the Press in Japan Part III: History and Culture wars 10. Press Freedom Under Fire: ""Comfort Women"", the Asahi Affair and Uemura Takashi 11. Letter Campaigns, the Japanese Media, and the Effort to Censor History 12. Remanufacturing Consent: History, Nationalism and Popular Culture in Japan 13. NHK, War-related Television, and the Politics of Fairness 14. Pointing the Bone: A Personal Account of Media Repression in Japan 15. Tabloid nationalism and racialism in Japan Part IV: Marginalization 16. Media Marginalization and Vilification of Minorities in Japan 17. Media Side-lines the sit-in protest in Takae, Okinawa 18. A Historical Perspective on Press Freedom in Okinawa Part V: PR, Public Diplomacy and Manipulating Opinion 19. Spin over Substance? The PR Strategies of Vladimir Putin and Abe Shinzo 20. Japan’s Global Information War: Propaganda, Free Speech and Opinion Control Since 3/11 21. The Japan Lobby, Press Freedom and Public Diplomacy"

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Jeff Kingston is Professor of History and Director of Asian Studies at Temple University, Japan. He is the author of Japan's Quiet Transformation (2004) and Contemporary Japan (2011).

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