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8 hours agoIran releases on bail Japan national jailed amid antigovernment protests
Shinnosuke Kawashima, NHK's Tehran bureau chief, was released on bail in Iran after months of detention amid protests.
"With the widespread use of social media, the global spread of 'fake news' has become a serious social issue," Masahiro Yamamoto, the documentary's director, said in an email. " In Japan as well, information of mixed accuracy is circulating widely, and the situation continues to worsen. Against this backdrop, we felt there was much to learn from PolitiFact, which has been conducting fact-checking for nearly two decades."