That is why the Diet is also considering a bill on the protection of classified information that would impose harsher punishment on government officials who leak secrets, particularly those concerning national security. The trauma of gag laws that were imposed on the press before and during World War II resulted in the elimination of all restraints afterwards, which had the effect of making Japan a spy’s paradise, with insufficient counterintelligence measures and poor secrecy.
这就是国会同时也在考虑保密情报保护法的原因。该法将对泄漏机密、特别是事关国家安全的机密的政府官员课以更加严厉的惩罚。在二战之前和之间所实施的限制言论自由的法律所造成的创伤使得战后取消了所有的言论约束，这让日本成了间谍的天堂，反间谍手段和保密性严重不足。