TOKYO -- Accurate news is the bedrock of democracy, but Japan is lagging other countries in dealing with new waves of disinformation undermining that very foundation.
Japan has only five organizations monitoring fake news and other misleading information, far fewer than other countries, according to Duke University of the U.S.
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