Katsuji Ebisawa, the former president of public broadcaster NHK, died of pneumonia at a hospital in Tokyo on Sunday. He was 91.
Ebisawa joined NHK as a reporter in 1957. He promoted high-definition television and digital terrestrial broadcasting after becoming president in 1997.
Former NHK President Katsuji Ebisawa died of pneumonia at a hospital in Tokyo on Sunday at the age of 91.
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He stepped down as president in 2005 following a series of scandals involving staff, including embezzlement of production money by a chief producer, and a pile of unpaid viewer fees.
Ebisawa later served as chairman of the Japan Sumo Association¡¯s yokozuna promotion council and chairman of the Japan Golf Tour Organization.
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