 Mass media refrained from critical speech about the Emperor for fear of being attacked by right-wing organizations, and this is one of reasons for the beginning of the mass media's self-regulation.There is no evidence of self-regulation rules or standards for self-regulation regarding the Emperor in the print media; however, there is in the broadcast media, for example, the Japan Commercial Broadcasters Association (JBA) Standards has a section saying "(broadcast media) do not broadcast in an attempt to harm our country and our country’s authority and as a symbol of country, Emperor is a subject to be included as the country’s authority.