This report presents an insight into indigenous media forms and the introduction of modern media in Japan, and follows media development through the war and occupation to the present day. The report discusses (1) the birth of the newspaper in Japan, (2) control laws and regulations, (3) press policy under the allied forces' occupation of Japan, (4) broadcasting until the end of World War II, (5) broadcasting during the occupation, (6) the introduction of television, (7) regulation of the broadcasting industry, (8) the publishing industry, (9) screen and stage media, (10) innovations in newspaper production, (11) telecommunications, (12) adoption by the Japanese media of the codes of journalism and evaluation of newspaper content, and (13) the promotion of friendship through international exchange of journalists. (HOD)