# Claim 910

Officials concluded the high approval figure reflected editors submitting only material they believed would pass, rather than official leniency.

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

- Statement: Officials concluded the high approval figure reflected editors submitting only material they believed would pass, rather than official leniency.
- Field: effect_on_reporting
- Value: High approval reflected editors submitting only safe material
- About: [incident 1937-japan-newspaper-law-war-censorship](https://thewaronnews.com/incidents/1937-japan-newspaper-law-war-censorship)
- Source: War & Media in Modern Japan. https://fanningtheflames.hoover.org/shorthand-story/9
- Publisher: War & Media in Modern Japan
- Method: outlet report
- Checked: 2026-09-26
- Confidence: medium
- Status: current
- Source date: 2021

## Quotation from the source

> An alarming statistic for the Home Ministry that was quickly explained as resulting from newspaper editors only submitting articles they believed would pass

Source page: https://thewaronnews.com/claims/910. The War On News, CC BY 4.0.