Claim

Claim 907

The government required publishers to obtain government clearance before printing war related news under Article 27 of the Newspaper Law.

Published 2026-09-26. Last reviewed 2026-09-26. 1 source.

Statement: The government required publishers to obtain government clearance before printing war related news under Article 27 of the Newspaper Law.
Field: action
Value: Newspaper Law required clearance for war news
About: incident 1937-japan-newspaper-law-war-censorship
Source: War & Media in Modern Japan
Publisher: War & Media in Modern Japan
Method: outlet report
Checked: 2026-09-26
Confidence: medium
Status: current
Source date: 2021

Quotation from the source

Article 27 of the Newspaper Law was put into effect, requiring government clearance to publish war related news.