Japan’s ‘cowardly’ media fails to take on corporate giants
As he leaves Japan as the AFR’s North Asia correspondent, Michael Smith reflects on a media that is often too scared to hold its government and CEOs to account.
My exit from Japan is going smoothly so far compared to a more dramatic departure from China more than three years earlier.
Security police are not barging into my home in the middle of the night, no one has blocked me from leaving the country, and the Australian government sees no reason to place me under diplomatic protection, as they did in Shanghai.
Michael SmithHealth editorMichael Smith is the health editor for The Australian Financial Review. He is based in Sydney. Connect with Michael on Twitter. Email Michael at michael.smith@afr.com
