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Talk with politicians on programs before they air undesirable

TOKYO, Japan - New NHK President Genichi Hashimoto meets the press in Tokyo on Feb. 3, his first regular news conference since replacing Katsuji Ebisawa. Hashimoto said he believes it is undesirable for TV stations to talk with politicians about the content of a program before it airs.

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Ex-NHK Pres. Ebisawa declines to take adviser post

TOKYO, Japan - New NHK President Genichi Hashimoto said in Tokyo on Jan. 28 that former NHK President Katsuji Ebisawa and two other former executives have declined to take adviser posts with the public broadcaster after they resigned Jan. 25 following a growing number of viewers refusing to pay subscription fees due to scandals.

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(1)NHK Pres. Ebisawa resigns

TOKYO, Japan - Katsuji Ebisawa, chief executive officer of public broadcaster NHK, bows at a news conference in Tokyo's Shibuya on Jan. 25 after resigning in the face of the growing number of people refusing to pay mandatory viewer subscription fees for NHK following embezzlement scandals involving its staff.

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Managing director Hashimoto succeeds Ebisawa

TOKYO, Japan - Genichi Hashimoto, managing director and chief engineer of public broadcaster NHK, who was appointed new president of the broadcaster on Jan. 25, speaks at a news conference in Tokyo's Shibuya the same day.

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(1)NHK Pres. Ebisawa resigns

TOKYO, Japan - Katsuji Ebisawa, chief executive officer of public broadcaster NHK, speaks at a news conference in Tokyo's Shibuya on Jan. 25 after resigning in the face of the growing number of people refusing to pay mandatory viewer subscription fees for NHK following embezzlement scandals involving its staff.

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NHK President Ebisawa expresses intention to resign

TOKYO, Japan - Katsuji Ebisawa, president of Japan's scandal-tainted public broadcaster Japan Broadcasting Corp. (NHK), answers reporters' questions with a smile in front of his residence in Tokyo's Nakano Ward on Jan. 25. Ebisawa indicated for the first time he will resign from the post before his term expires.

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NHK union to demand resignation of Ebisawa as president

TOKYO, Japan - Naomi Okamoto, secretary general of the labor union of Japan Broadcasting Corp. (NHK), tells reporters in Tokyo on Nov. 9 that the union will demand Katsuji Ebisawa resign as NHK president to take responsibility for his handling of a series of embezzlement scandals at the public broadcaster.

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NHK's Ebisawa apologizes for series of scandals

TOKYO, Japan - Katsuji Ebisawa, president of Japan Broadcasting Corp. (NHK), apologizes at a session of the House of Representatives Committee on Public Management, Home Affairs, Posts and Telecommunications on Sept. 9 for a series of scandals embroiling the corporation, including alleged embezzlement by a former chief producer.

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Japan wins men's 4x10-kilometer relay

OWANI, Japan - Members of Japan's men's cross country skiing team -- (From L to R) Mitsuo Horigome, Hiroyuki Imai, Masaaki Kozu and Katsuhito Ebisawa -- celebrate their victory in the men's 4x10-kilometer relay of the Winter Asian Games at Aomori Ajara Cross-Country Course on Feb. 7.

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Aid, improved broadcasting key to Afghan rebuilding efforts

TOKYO, Japan - Mohammad Eshaq (R), general director of the Radio-Television of Afghanistan (RTA), speaks at a news conference at a Tokyo hotel Nov. 5. Eshaq, in Tokyo to attend the 39th General Assembly of the Asia-Pacific Broadcasting Union (ABU), appealed for more assistance in rebuilding radio and television broadcasting in war-ravaged Afghanistan, saying it is crucial to boosting reconstruction efforts throughout the nation. At extreme left is ABU President Katsuji Ebisawa.

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NHK's Ebisawa apologizes for series of scandals

TOKYO, Japan - Katsuji Ebisawa, president of Japan Broadcasting Corp. (NHK), apologizes at a session of the House of Representatives Committee on Public Management, Home Affairs, Posts and Telecommunications on Sept. 9 for a series of scandals embroiling the corporation, including alleged embezzlement by a former chief producer. (Kyodo)

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NHK union to demand resignation of Ebisawa as president

TOKYO, Japan - Naomi Okamoto, secretary general of the labor union of Japan Broadcasting Corp. (NHK), tells reporters in Tokyo on Nov. 9 that the union will demand Katsuji Ebisawa resign as NHK president to take responsibility for his handling of a series of embezzlement scandals at the public broadcaster. (Kyodo)

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Managing director Hashimoto succeeds Ebisawa

TOKYO, Japan - Genichi Hashimoto, managing director and chief engineer of public broadcaster NHK, who was appointed new president of the broadcaster on Jan. 25, speaks at a news conference in Tokyo's Shibuya the same day. (Kyodo)

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NHK President Ebisawa expresses intention to resign

TOKYO, Japan - Katsuji Ebisawa, president of Japan's scandal-tainted public broadcaster Japan Broadcasting Corp. (NHK), answers reporters' questions with a smile in front of his residence in Tokyo's Nakano Ward on Jan. 25. Ebisawa indicated for the first time he will resign from the post before his term expires. (Kyodo)

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(1)NHK Pres. Ebisawa resigns

TOKYO, Japan - Katsuji Ebisawa, chief executive officer of public broadcaster NHK, speaks at a news conference in Tokyo's Shibuya on Jan. 25 after resigning in the face of the growing number of people refusing to pay mandatory viewer subscription fees for NHK following embezzlement scandals involving its staff. (Kyodo)

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Ex-NHK Pres. Ebisawa declines to take adviser post

TOKYO, Japan - New NHK President Genichi Hashimoto said in Tokyo on Jan. 28 that former NHK President Katsuji Ebisawa and two other former executives have declined to take adviser posts with the public broadcaster after they resigned Jan. 25 following a growing number of viewers refusing to pay subscription fees due to scandals. (Kyodo)

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Aid, improved broadcasting key to Afghan rebuilding efforts

TOKYO, Japan - Mohammad Eshaq (R), general director of the Radio-Television of Afghanistan (RTA), speaks at a news conference at a Tokyo hotel Nov. 5. Eshaq, in Tokyo to attend the 39th General Assembly of the Asia-Pacific Broadcasting Union (ABU), appealed for more assistance in rebuilding radio and television broadcasting in war-ravaged Afghanistan, saying it is crucial to boosting reconstruction efforts throughout the nation. At extreme left is ABU President Katsuji Ebisawa. (Kyodo)

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Talk with politicians on programs before they air undesirable

TOKYO, Japan - New NHK President Genichi Hashimoto meets the press in Tokyo on Feb. 3, his first regular news conference since replacing Katsuji Ebisawa. Hashimoto said he believes it is undesirable for TV stations to talk with politicians about the content of a program before it airs. (Kyodo)

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Award-winning novelist Ebisawa dies at 59

TOKYO, Japan - Award-winning novelist Yasuhisa Ebisawa (file photo taken in July, 1994) died of duodenal cancer at a Tokyo hospital on 13. He was 59. He won Japan's prestigious Naoki literary award in 1994 for his novel ''Kikyo'' (Homecoming).