Japanese reporter had no intention of defaming ROK leader: academic

Tatsuya Kato (R), former Seoul bureau chief for the Japanese newspaper Sankei Shimbun, and Yasuhiko Tajima, professor at Sophia University in Tokyo, enter the Seoul Central District Court on Aug. 17, 2015. Tajima testified that Kato had no intention of defaming South Korean President Park Geung Hye in his story that cited local news reports saying that Park was absent for several hours during the Sewol ferry disaster in April 2014 because she was with a man. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo