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NHK Director Resigns over Chinese Staff Member's Controversial Comments

NHK Director Resigns over Chinese Staff Member's Controversial Comments

   Tokyo, Sept. 10 (Jiji Press)--Japan Broadcasting Corp, or NHK, said Tuesday that Kenji Sobata, senior director for international services, resigned the same day over controversial comments by an outside staff member in Chinese-language news aired on its international and domestic radio channels.
   Four other executives, including President Nobuo Inaba and Executive Vice President Tatsuhiko Inoue, will return 50 pct of their salaries voluntarily for a month.
   The public broadcaster said those steps are designed to clarify responsibility for the incident, saying that the comments caused an extremely serious situation by violating NHK's standards for international broadcasting that represent the official views of the Japanese government. It also cited faults in advance preparations and in its subsequent response.
   "This incident can be described as a takeover of broadcasting. As president, I can't tolerate it," Inaba said at a press conference.
   The Chinese outside staff member said in international and domestic Chinese-language radio news on Aug. 19 that the Japanese-administered Senkaku Islands were part of Chinese territory and that Chinese people must not forget the 1937 Nanjing incident, comfort women and Unit 731.

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