Japan : Leap in records scrapped prior to FOI

Leap in records scrapped prior to FOI
Yomiuri Shimbun
9 December 2004

"There was a surge in the destruction of documents eligible for disclosure under the Freedom of Information Law by 10 central government offices between fiscal 1998 and 2000 ahead of the law's enforcement in 2001, according to a nonprofit organization's investigation."

Ties in with the previously referenced investigation by the Daily Telegraph