0001Shogun of the Expeditionary Forces★.Sep. 26, 2024 (Thu) 07:23:07.84ID:LCuUJdqH9
Mainichi Shimbun 2024/9/26 05:30 (Last updated 9/26 07:09) On the 25th, interviews with multiple people involved revealed that Kenji Sobata, a former director in charge of international broadcasting who resigned on the 10th in response to the issue of a Chinese external staff member who said that the Senkaku Islands in Okinawa Prefecture were “Chinese territory” during Chinese news broadcasts on NHK’s international radio stations, has been reemployed as an executive producer at NHK’s media bureau. He reportedly returned to work as a contract employee about a week after resigning. There have been criticisms from within the bureau and elsewhere that “the rehiring just one week after resigning is a ’fake resignation.’” In response to the issues involving external staff, NHK announced on the 10th that in addition to Mr. Sakata’s resignation, four executives, including Chairman Inaba Nobuo and Vice Chairman Inoue Kihiko, would voluntarily give up 50% of their executive compensation for one month. At a press conference on the same day, Chairman Inaba apologized, saying, “As chairman, I feel extremely ashamed.” Vice Chairman Inoue took charge as head of the investigation into the cause. On the 11th, the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications issued an administrative guidance to NHK warning it about this issue. Mr. Kado has served as Moscow bureau chief and US bureau chief, among other positions, and after serving as president of an affiliated company, he was appointed director in April of this year. This is the first time a director has resigned due to a NHK scandal since then-Chairman Genichi Hashimoto and others resigned in 2008 over insider trading allegations by NHK journalists. Mr. Kadota was highly evaluated for his experience in the international field and his practical skills, and an NHK executive explained the reason for his re-employment by saying, “We want him to utilize the knowledge he gained overseas.” Another source said, “The problematic remarks made by the Chinese staff member were like an accident during a live broadcast, and we thought it would be a shame for him to resign.” The controversial remarks were made on a live Chinese news broadcast just after 1:00 p.m. on August 19th. A Chinese male staff member who was reading the script made inappropriate remarks for a total of about 27 seconds that were not in the news script, including saying that the Senkaku Islands were “Chinese territory.” As a measure to prevent recurrence, NHK has already switched from live broadcasts to pre-recordings, and says it will soon introduce readings by “AI voices.” [Inoue Tomohiro, Morokuma Misaki, and Hiramoto Ayako]
>>1 So, there was no problem with NHK, he just decided to resign in name only to hide the truth from others, and it was discovered, which means that NHK officially endorses anti-Japanese sentiment.
They can’t even broadcast the World Cup, and TV dramas are being defeated by streaming services like Netflix and Disney+. NHK is a daily left-wing newspaper.
It might be more worthwhile to cancel my NHK subscription, get a Netflix subscription instead, watch Evil Queen and follow what people around me are saying.
If it happened once, it may have been an accident for NHK. It’s not impossible that even a serious Japanese person could suddenly go crazy and say something weird. But this time, it was discovered that he had said things that disparaged Japan before, and they hadn’t checked or taken any measures, so it can’t be dismissed as an accident.
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