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Ebisawa forced to decline advisor role

Katsuji Ebisawa

Katsuji Ebisawa, who resigned as president of NHK on Jan. 25 over a series of embezzlement scandals involving NHK staff, has declined to become an adviser to the public broadcaster, his successor, Genichi Hashimoto, said Jan. 28.

Hashimoto said NHK received complaints from viewers and listeners after he appointed Ebisawa as adviser following his resignation as president Jan. 25.

"I regret (appointing Ebisawa to the post). Complaints from viewers and listeners have increased and (the appointment) has considerably worsened the situation," Hashimoto told reporters.

Two other people who stepped down as NHK executives together with Ebisawa similarly declined to be appointed as advisers, he said.

Ebisawa, 70, stepped down as president after the number of viewers who refused to pay their subscription fees started rising last summer because of the scandals.

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