How Japan came to rank worse than Tanzania on press
freedom:
"The state of press freedom in Japan is now worse than that in
Tanzania, according to a new ranking from the non-profit group
Reporters Without Borders.
Japan came in 72nd of the 180 countries ranked in the group’s 2016
press freedom index, falling 11 places since last year.
Europe's media was deemed to have the most freedom this year, but
the situation has worsened significantly in most of the Asia-Pacific
region.
For Japan's journalists, things have taken a turn for the worse
relatively recently. Just six years ago, the country ranked 11th in the
world."
See:
http://www.latimes.com/world/asia/la...420-story.html