Japan’s Top Court Turns Down Professor’s Censorship Claim

The Chronicle: Japan’s Top Court Turns Down Professor’s Censorship Claim

The Japanese Supreme Court on Thursday rejected an appeal by a professor at the University of the Ryukyus, in Okinawa, seeking damages against the government for censorship of a textbook that he helped write in 1993. Observers see the ruling as upholding the education ministry’s right to screen and alter textbooks.

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