Wanda ya kera replicon mRNA Covid “alurar rigakafi” a Japan, Meiji Seika Pharma, yana da ya kawo kara da wani dan majalisar dokokin Japan, Kazuhiro Haraguchi. Haraguchi ya yi sharhi cewa allurar ta Covid "tayi kama da makami na halitta," sanarwar da shugaban Meiji Pharma ya yi ikirarin ya wuce iyakokin magana.
Koyaya, kalamai kamar na Haraguchi game da haɗarin allurar Covid mRNA yanzu ya zama ruwan dare a cikin ƙasashe da yawa, kuma da alama kamfanonin magunguna ba sa tuhumar mutane don yin su, aƙalla a cikin Amurka. Madadin haka, manyan lauyoyin jihar a Kansas da kuma Texas sun kai karar Pfizer saboda bata sunan allurar sa na Covid.
Gabaɗaya, Japan ta kasance tana haɓakawa a hankali zuwa wani wuri da ke da wahala a bayyana ra'ayoyin da ba a amince da su ta hanyar buƙatun kasuwanci da hukuma ba. Baya ga gwamnati da babban haɗin gwiwar kafofin watsa labarai don kiyaye gaskiyar likitancin Covid daga jama'ar Japan, gwamnati ta zartar da wata doka don murkushe saƙon da ba a yarda da shi ta kan layi ba.
Maƙasudin da ke tattare da wannan matakin a bayyane yake: Fitattun ƴan gwamnati sun fito fili sun bayyana ra’ayinsu cewa “bayanai marar gaskiya” babbar matsala ce a Japan. A cikin Disamba 2024, Prime Ministan Ishiba ya bayyana cewa yana la'akari da ƙarin ka'idoji game da maganganun Intanet wanda ya ɗauka yana da matsala, kuma wani fitaccen ɗan siyasa na LDP (Jam'iyyar Liberal Democratic Party) mai suna Noda yayi sharhi kwanan nan cewa "bayanan karya" suna rinjayar Japan da yawa.
A watan Mayu 2024, majalisar dokokin Japan ya zartar da wata doka don ba da damar hanzarta kawar da abubuwan batanci daga dandalin sada zumunta irin su Facebook da X. Ta wannan doka, irin wadannan manhajoji dole ne su yi fayyace shafukan neman gogewa da kuma bayyana ma'auninsu na sauke sakonni. Sabuwar dokar ta fara aiki ne a ranar 1 ga Afrilu, 2025.
Ba abin mamaki ba, wasu Jafananci YouTube vloggers suna nuna damuwa cewa, a ƙarƙashin sabon tsarin ƙa'idodin, ba da daɗewa ba za a yi niyya vlogs ɗin su a matsayin masu saɓanin "bayanai," musamman lokacin da suke sukar manufofin gwamnati.
Kafofin watsa labaru na kan layi ne kawai aka yi niyya a cikin wannan ci gaban, kodayake hanyoyin sadarwar Jafananci da shirye-shiryen TV suma sun kasance da laifin yadawa. cuta mai cutarwa. Abin ban mamaki, a lokuta da yawa, wannan ba don ba a tsara su ba ne amma dai don suna ƙarƙashin babban yatsan hukumomin gwamnati.
Misali, da gangan hukumar ‘yan sandan kasar Japan ta fitar da wasu bayanai game da mutanen da ake bincike a kansu domin matsa musu lamba kan aikata laifuka. Tun da yake jama'ar Japan sau da yawa suna imanin cewa zato yana daidai da laifi, wannan dabarar tana haifar da mummunan sakamako ga waɗanda ake zargi da rashin adalci.
A shekarar 1996, bayan yunkurin kashe wasu alkalan kasar Japan uku da kungiyar Aum Shinrikyo ta yi bai yi nasara ba, 'yan sanda sun yi wa kafafen yada labarai wasu bayanai game da bincikensu. Yoshiyuki Kono, wani mutum da ba shi da laifi wanda shi ma danginsa suka samu munanan raunuka a harin.
Kwarewar Kono na yadda hukumomi da manyan kafafen yada labarai suka yi ta yi masa kallon Richard jewell, jarumin mai gadi wanda ya zama wanda ake zargi bayan harin bam a gasar Olympics na Atlanta a 1996. Da gangan hukumar ta FBI ta fitar da bayanan binciken nasu ga kafafen yada labarai na Amurka, wadanda suka ci gaba da cin zarafi tare da yin Allah wadai da Jewell tare da jami’an FBI da ke bincike, ko da yake a karshe lamarin ya barke.
Tun kafin dokar dandalin sada zumunta, gwamnatin kasar na sarrafa gidajen jaridun Japan yadda ya kamata. A sakamakon haka, Japan ya kasance mafi ƙasƙanci a tsakanin dukkanin kasashe bakwai na 'yancin 'yan jarida a cikin kididdigar 'yancin 'yan jarida ta duniya. Matsayin Japan gabaɗaya ya ragu daga 68th to 70th bayan an zartar da dokar social media ta 2024.
Dalilan haka su ne latsa kulob tsarin da kuma yin katsalandan ga yawancin 'yan jarida na Japan. Kowace ma’aikatar gwamnati tana da kungiyar ‘yan jarida da ta kunshi wakilai daga fitattun kafafen yada labarai, kuma suna karbar bayanan hukuma daga jami’an gwamnati. Duk da haka, waɗannan ’yan jarida za a iya dakatar da su daga waɗannan bayanan idan sun yi wani abu da ya yi mummunan tasiri ga gwamnati.
Saboda haka, a irin waɗannan tarurrukan, “babu wani yanayi da zai ƙarfafa tattaunawa kan muhimman al’amura domin ’yan jarida sun san cewa idan suka yi tambayoyi masu wuya za a iya hukunta su,” in ji wani ɗan jaridar Japan. Misali, ’yan jarida a taron manema labarai sun ji tsoron yin tambayoyi game da maganganun da ba su da tabbas ga Babban Sakataren Majalisar Suga, wanda wani lokaci ya amsa da kakkausan harshe, “Wannan tambayar ba ta da ma’ana!”
Wadannan abubuwan da suka faru suna da ban tsoro musamman ganin cewa Japan ta riga tana da gurbatattun tarihi dangane da danne 'yancin fadin albarkacin baki. A cikin 1925, gwamnatin Japan ta zartar da dokar Dokar kiyaye zaman lafiya, wanda ya aikata laifin bayyana ra'ayoyin da ba a yarda da su ba.
A cikin shekarun da suka biyo baya, mulkin kama-karya ya maye gurbin gwamnatin dimokuradiyya da muhawarar jama'a mara takura. Wannan ya ƙare a cikin yaƙin da ya kawo babban bala'i ga Japan da sauran ƙasashe. 'Yancin fadin albarkacin baki abu ne mai matukar muhimmanci fiye da kalmomi.
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Bruce Davidson farfesa ne a fannin ilimin ɗan adam a Jami'ar Hokusei Gakuen a Sapporo, Japan.
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