Tokyo District Court on Monday ordered a man who previously worked for Japan¡¯s national broadcaster NHK to pay the public entity ?11 million in compensation for making unscripted remarks during its Chinese-language radio news program.
According to the ruling and other sources, the Chinese man said during a program aired in August last year that the Japanese-administered Senkaku Islands in Okinawa Prefecture are China¡¯s territory. The islands are claimed by China.
In the program, he also said that people must not forget the Nanjing massacre and wartime ¡°comfort women.¡±
Presiding Judge Kenta Adachi stated that the irregular remarks interfered with NHK¡¯s international broadcasting operations and harmed its credibility.
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