NHK president under fire

NHK president under fire

TOKYO, Japan - Katsuto Momii, the new president of Japan's public broadcaster NHK, answers questions during a session of the House of Representatives Budget Committee in the Diet building in Tokyo on Jan. 31, 2014. Momii has been under fire for his comments on wartime sex slavery.

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