Media groups voice objection to bill on human rights

TOKYO, Japan - Representatives from three media groups in Japan on March 7 submit to Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary Shinzo Abe (L, with back to camera) a joint statement opposing a government bill on human rights. The statement says the bill ''will allow unjustified interference in media coverage by the government.'' The groups are the Japan Newspaper Publishers and Editors Association, the National Association of Commercial Broadcasters in Japan and Japan Broadcasting Corp. (NHK).

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