# War & Media in Modern Japan

War & Media in Modern Japan, 2021

- Address: https://fanningtheflames.hoover.org/shorthand-story/9
- Kind: reference
- Last checked: 2026-09-26
- Archived copy: none yet

## Cited by

- [Japan: government requires clearance to publish war news under the Newspaper Law, 1937](https://thewaronnews.com/incidents/1937-japan-newspaper-law-war-censorship)
- [Claim 907: The government required publishers to obtain government clearance before printing war related news under Article 27 of the Newspaper Law.](https://thewaronnews.com/claims/907)
- [Claim 908: A Home Ministry directive to local officials banned the printing of what it called fallacies that could confuse the hearts of people and induce social unrest.](https://thewaronnews.com/claims/908)
- [Claim 909: The Army Ministry's August 1937 assessment found that about eighty percent of submitted articles were approved.](https://thewaronnews.com/claims/909)
- [Claim 910: Officials concluded the high approval figure reflected editors submitting only material they believed would pass, rather than official leniency.](https://thewaronnews.com/claims/910)

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