NHK Announcer "Diaoyudao"Comfort Women, Don't Forget Nanjing Massacre"
Aug 23, 2024
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According to Japanese media, including the Mainichi Shimbun, NHK released details of unscripted remarks made on the radio by a Chinese contract announcer on the 19th.
NHK Chairman Nobuo Inaba visited the ruling Liberal Democratic Party on the 22nd and recognized the issue of reporting the Okinawa Prefecture's Senkaku Islands (Chinese name: Diaoyudao) as 'Chinese territory' as a very serious situation that violates the international programming standards set by the broadcasting station```````````````````.
According to a self-investigation, a Chinese announcer who was reading the manuscript on NHK Radio International's Chinese news broadcast shortly after 1 p.m. on the 19th made an unexpected statement that did not appear in the manuscript for about 20 seconds after delivering the news related to the Tokyo Yasukuni Shrine graffiti.
In Chinese, he wrote "Nanjing Genocide, wartime Japanese Military Sexual Slavery, Unit 731 should not be forgotten"Japanese Military Sexual Slavery was a wartime sexual slavery"
He also noted that "Diaoyudao and its annexed islands have been Chinese territory since ancient times. I protest NHK's historical revisionism and unprofessional work."
Immediately after the broadcast, Japanese politics, media, and society were turned upside down. This is because public broadcasters have said that the disputed area is Chinese territory. In addition, sensitive issues of past history were mentioned, spreading the ripples.
In response, NHK Chairman Nobuo Inaba said in a meeting with members of the Liberal Democratic Party on the 22nd, "I have severely complained to the employee through the contractor" and terminated the contract as of August 21st."," he said.
In addition, NHK said it plans to take strict measures, such as filing a claim for damages and considering criminal complaints.
Lawmakers present questioned "It's a very serious problem"Why couldn't you stop the conversation"
Accordingly, NHK began pre-recording Chinese broadcasting programs. It also explained that it will start pre-recording programs in other languages before the end of August.
NHK then announced that it plans to establish a deliberation body headed by Vice President Tatsuhiko Inoue to determine the cause of the accident, hold related officials strictly responsible, and take measures to prevent recurrence.
Meanwhile, the male announcer, who belongs to a company contracted by NHK, has been working on translating the manuscript into Chinese at NHK since 2002.
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