{
  "id": 452947,
  "title": "Japan Officials Battling Misinformation on Social Media",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/10/japan-officials-battling-misinformation-on-social-media",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-10T08:30:13.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Nippon.com News",
    "slug": "nippon-com-news",
    "url": "https://www.nippon.com/en/news/yjj2026080800227/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Tokyo, Aug. 10 (Jiji Press)--Japanese Foreign Ministry officials have begun to use social media under their own names to combat misinformation, after the Japan International Cooperation Agency's \"hometown\" project to promote exchanges between Japanese and African cities came under undue attack. JICA had to scrap the project last year as local governments were flooded with protests after mis...",
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  "coverage": {
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    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}