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ordered the government to restore 81 other Christian schools to
of time in jail. The semi-official Domei news agency was under
their former status.
direct government control. As Domei was the source of prac-
A deputation of Protestant churchmen who visited Japan in
tically all news, domestic and foreign, the papers printed its
October reported that 500 Protestant institutions were destroyed
handouts or nothing.
in the bombings and that all church properties had greatly deteri-
Until they were forced to sell out, prior to the war, several
orated as a result of wartime conditions.
excellent English language papers under foreign management
helped to keep the free press from being forgotten in Japan. Out-
BUILDING WORLD CITIZENSHIP
standing among them for courage and integrity were the Japan
One of the most constructive measures that has been proposed is
Advertiser, edited by Wilfrid Fleisher, and the British Japan
Willard Price's suggestion that thousands of promising young
Chronicle.
Japanese men and women be sent abroad, chiefly to the United
States and Britain, to acquire liberal college training and study
FREEDOM UNDER COMPULSION
democratic institutions. Scholarships might be provided, as in the
Allied Headquarters has at no time planned to take over control
case of China after the Boxer Rebellion, from war indemnities
of the Japanese press and radio. Instead, the following program
paid by the Japanese government.
has been given to the Japanese for them to put into effect:
The Japanese have in the past proved their ability to learn
quickly and adapt to changing circumstances. Now that the spirit
1. Reporting domestic and foreign news fully and truth-
of old Japan has brought the nation to its present tragic condition,
fully.
Western ideas may again gain in appeal, as they did after the First
2. Explaining adequately the aims and activities of the occu-
World War.
pation forces.
3. Permitting and encouraging free discussion of all issues
A RUBBER-STAMP PRESS
that have a bearing on the welfare of the Japanese people.
Like the public education system, the press of pre-surrender
4.
Providing all segments of responsible public opinion with
Japan was notable for its centralization and its subservience to
equal access to the channels of public expression.
government control. A few large dailies in Tokyo and Osaka, with
Allied Headquarters has exerted pressure on the press to spread
circulations of over a million, cover the country, although there
information on war guilt and the records of suspected war crimi-
were about 2000 newspapers in all before paper restrictions and
nals, and also to promote free discussion of subjects which are
other wartime factors sharply reduced the number. Strict official
unpalatable to most ruling-class Japanese, such as the position of
censorship, exercised by the police under the Home Ministry, kept
the Emperor. The monopolistic Domei news agency has been
all papers in line with current government policy; but it must be
dissolved. Leadership in the collection and dissemination of news
marked up to the credit of Japanese journalism that many editors
within Japan has been taken over by the Kyodo press association,
(or their employees designated for the purpose) spent a good deal
a business enterprise free of governmental control.
7°
7I
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