In preparation to join US wars, Japan dismantles freedom of the pressIn preparation to join US wars, Japan dismantles freedom of the press In 2010, Japan was ranked #11 in Reporters Without Borders’ global Press Freedom Index. By February 2015, that number had plummeted to #61 - and next year it will likely fall further. Since coming to power in 2012, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and his Liberal Democratic Party have embarked upon a war of attrition against press free
