Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - A cikin tarihin su, jaridun Japan suna da muhimmiyar rawa a cikin al'amuran 'yancin faɗar albarkacin baki da' yancin 'yan jarida. A lokacin "Demokradiyya ta Taishō" a cikin shekarun 1910 zuwa 1920, gwamnati ta yi aiki don hana jaridu kamar "Asahi shinbun" saboda matsayinsu na zargi game da aikin gwamnati wanda ya fi son kare haƙƙin 'yan ƙasa da dimokiradiyya na tsarin mulki. A cikin lokacin da ake samun karuwar sojoji zuwa barkewar yakin basasa a cikin shekarun 1930 zuwa 1940, jaridu sun fuskanci tsananin takunkumi da kulawar gwamnati. Bayan da Japan ta sha kashi
, tsananin takunkumi na 'yan jarida ya ci gaba yayin da Amurkawa masu mamaye suka yi amfani da ikon gwamnati don karfafa dabi'un dimokiradiyya da na adawa da kwaminisanci. A shekara ta 1951, Amurkawa masu mamayewa sun dawo da 'yancin' yan jarida a Japan, wanda shine halin da ake ciki a yau bisa ga Mataki na 21 na Kundin Tsarin Mulki na Japan.