Positive propaganda by the Japan times towards the act on protection of specially designated secrets law of Japan

Abstract

On December of 2013, the government of Japan passed a bill for an information security system named The Act on Protection of Specially Designated Secrets Law. This law would regulate the accessibility of government information, and enforce the safety of information that are deemed as a secret. Ever since the drafting of this law, Japanese English newspaper, The Japan Times, had been covering the issue intensely. Moreover, the media covers only opposing opinion and argument regarding the law. This research aims to see if the secrecy law drives the activity of news coverage by The Japan Times as a form of Positive propaganda. In order to do this research, writer uses the theory of propaganda, global issues, and the concept of state secrecy as well as Positive propaganda. From the analysis, this research found that the state secrecy law of Japan had indeed drives The Japan Times into doing a positive propaganda. This answer was concluded through article analysis of news coverage done by The Japan Times using the concept of propaganda and positive propaganda.