Japanese TV network apologizes over comedy show mocking gay men

Japanese TV network apologizes over comedy show mocking gay men

File photo taken in June 2016 shows Fuji Television Network Inc.'s head office in Tokyo. The network apologized on Oct. 16, 2017, for making viewers "feel unpleasant" over a comedy program that revived a 30-year-old stereotype character depicting a gay man. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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