Japan - Nuclear industry businessman withdraws libel suit against freelancer

Reporters without borders

Reporters Without Borders welcomes the decision by Shiro Shirakawa, the head of the nuclear security systems company New Tech, to withdraw a libel suit against freelance journalist Minoru Tanaka. A Tokyo court has accepted the withdrawal, announced on 12 August. “This libel suit was an attempt by an influential member of Japan's nuclear industrial complex, known as the ‘nuclear village,' to harass and intimidate Tanaka into silence and self-censorship,” Reporters Without Borders said. “We are (...)

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