日本是一个标榜新闻自由的国家,早在明治时期,《大日本帝国宪法》就规定:“日本臣民,在法律范围内,有言论、著作、刊行、集会及结社之自由。”二战后,日本有了真正现代意义上自由民主的媒体,虽然至今也没有专门的新闻法,但是很多法律中都有保障新闻自由的相关条款。此外,日本新闻界还通过 Japan was a country that advertised freedom of the press. As early as the Meiji Period, the Constitution of the Great Japanese Empire provided: “Japanese subjects, within the scope of the law, have freedom of speech, works, publication, assembly and association.” After World War II Japan has a free and democratic media in a truly modern sense. Although there is no specific press law so far, many laws have provisions that guarantee freedom of the press. In addition, the Japanese press also adopted