How Japan came to rank worse than Tanzania on press freedom

The state of press freedom in Japan is now worse than that in Tanzania, according to a new ranking from the non-profit group Reporters Without Borders. Japan came in 72nd of the 180 countries ranked in the group’s 2016 press freedom index, falling 11 places since last year. Europe's media was deemed to have the most freedom this year, but the situation has worsened significantly in most of the Asia-Pacific region.
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