NHK producer says LDP lawmakers used 'political pressure' on pro

NHK producer says LDP lawmakers used 'political pressure' on pro

TOKYO, Japan - Satoru Nagai, chief producer of public broadcaster, wipes tears during a press conference at a Tokyo hotel on Jan. 13, where he said that NHK altered a 2001 television program on a mock tribunal on Japan's use of wartime ''comfort women'' before it was aired four years ago because senior Liberal Democratic Party lawmakers exerted ''political pressure'' on NHK. (Kyodo)

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