TV watchdog urges NHK to follow broadcasting ethics

TV watchdog urges NHK to follow broadcasting ethics

Members of a Broadcasting Ethics & Program Improvement Organization panel attend a press conference in Tokyo on Dec. 11, 2015, where they urged public broadcaster NHK to strictly follow broadcasting ethics. Examining NHK's "Close-up Gendai" news program aired in May 2014, the broadcasting and human rights committee concluded it contained serious factual errors. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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