NHK hit by fresh embezzlement case | 日本のニュースを英語で読むならジャパンタイムズウィークリー


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NHK hit by fresh embezzlement case

NHK was bombarded by complaints April 12 as a new embezzlement case broke just when the government is talking about forcing viewers to pay the public broadcaster's subscription fees.

NHK Chairman Genichi Hashimoto

NHK announced April 11 that it had fired Tetsushi Oshita, 43, chief producer of its sports section in Sapporo, for swindling the broadcaster out of ¥17 million by claiming expenses for fictitious business trips.

On a news program early April 12, NHK Chairman Genichi Hashimoto apologized for the incident.

NHK has suffered a string of embarrassments recently. Its head producer was indicted for embezzling ¥62 million. The network was accused of censoring, under pressure from two key lawmakers, portions of a mock tribunal that found Emperor Hirohito responsible for wartime sex slavery. Two senior officials bilked NHK out of ¥3 million in fictitious business-trip expenses. And an NHK reporter was arrested for attempted arson in Otsu, Shiga Prefecture.

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