Google is probably not censoring their results in Japan. That said, look at the reputational damage done by (the now supposedly cancelled) Project Dragonfly:
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-japan-google/google-japan-defends-impartiality-of-search-results-amid-lockdown-rumors-idUSKBN21I1NU
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