| Budget Amount *help |
¥4,030,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,100,000、Indirect Cost: ¥930,000)
Fiscal Year 2017: ¥1,300,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,000,000、Indirect Cost: ¥300,000)
Fiscal Year 2016: ¥1,300,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,000,000、Indirect Cost: ¥300,000)
Fiscal Year 2015: ¥1,430,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,100,000、Indirect Cost: ¥330,000)
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| Outline of Final Research Achievements |
Under international standards, broadcast regulation should be conducted by an in dependent third-party actor, but the Broadcast Act, which regulates broadcasters, lodges authority over them in the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications. Article 4 of the Broadcast Act lays down basic professional norms, providing that broadcasters “not harm public safety or good morals”, “be politically fair”, “not distort the facts”, and “clarify the points at issue from as many angles as possible”. These are fair expectations that should be considered central to ethical journalism worldwide. But a non-independent Government agency should not be in the position of determining what is fair. Article 4 should be abolished for the freedom of expression.
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