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January 18, 2021 (Mainichi Japan)
Martin Fackler is seen standing on a street corner in Ebisu, Shibuya Ward, Tokyo, on Dec. 30, 2020. (Mainichi/Taro Fujii) TOKYO 2020 is over, and a new year has begun. With the government s performance in question following issues including the declaration of a state of emergency shortly after the New Year holidays, what role is the media playing in overseeing the administration s actions? The Mainichi Shimbun spoke with Martin Fackler, a journalist and former Tokyo bureau chief for the New York Times who boasts years of experience reporting in Japan and China, about his new book The Dogs That Didn t Bark: Media Control in Abe s Japan, published by Futabasha Publishers, to find out more about the relationship between Japan s government and its media.