A Study on Editorial Freedom

Regarding the Supreme Court’s　Ruling on the Case of NHK Program Manipulation

Abstract

　The purpose of this article i s to examine the substance of editorial freedom

through the NHK case. I focused on clarifying two crucial i ssues. The first, reviewing

the relationship of editorial freedom to“ right of expectation for reporting”,

I deduced some requirements for the latter, legally admitted. As a result

of the requirements to this case being applied, the plaintiff’s claim to have the

right of expectation for reporting was not justified. The second, I concluded editorial

i ndependence of NHK production staff had been i nfringed during the program

manipulation. However, the Supreme Court made no mention of the i ssue.