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Japan: House of Representatives Passes ACTA

Categories: East Asia, Japan, Citizen Media, Digital Activism, Freedom of Speech, Politics

ACTA [1] and three other motions were all adopted together in a plenary session [2] [ja] of the Japanese House of Representatives on September 6, 2012. 

No major newspapers reported on the event, but netizens commented on Twitter [3] [ja] as they watched a live cast of the plenary session. An anti-ACTA protest in Ginza on September 9, was broadcast [4] on journalist Yasumi Iwakami's Ustream channel.