""After proclaiming that it stood behind the story, the Asahi did an abrupt about-face at a news conference and retracted it.""
""I wanted to make a new media that wouldn't fold.""
""Last year, it published a series of articles that exposed decades of forced sterilizations of mentally disabled people, forcing the government to issue an apology.""
Makoto Watanabe's experience with the Asahi Shimbun's retraction of a significant article on Fukushima propelled him to create Japan's first media nonprofit for investigative journalism. Driven by a desire for independent reporting, he launched Tokyo Investigative Newsroom Tansa. Despite being small, Tansa has recently made significant contributions, notably exposing forced sterilizations of mentally disabled individuals, which led to a government apology and compensation law. The organization is gaining traction, with collaborations like a deal with NHK to share content, marking a turning point in Japanese investigative journalism.
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