3 NHK employees investigated for suspected insider trading

3 NHK employees investigated for suspected insider trading

TOKYO, Japan - NHK President Genichi Hashimoto and two other senior NHK executives bow in apology at a news conference at the NHK Broadcast Center in Tokyo on Jan. 17 after the public broadcaster acknowledged that two NHK reporters and a news director are under investigation by the Securities and Exchange Surveillance Commission on suspicion of insider trading of stocks.

Japanese journalist to head U.N. Information Center in Tokyo

Japanese journalist to head U.N. Information Center in Tokyo

NEW YORK, United States - Hatsuhisa Takashima, a veteran Japanese broadcast journalist, speaks at a press conference in New York on Aug. 23 before assuming his duties as head of the U.N. Information Center in Tokyo on Sept. 1. The post has been vacant since June, when former director Thelma O'Con-Solorzano of Nicaragua resigned. Takashima began his career with Japan's public broadcaster NHK in 1963, and will leave the corporation at the end of this month.

"Changeover" of NHK's television drama series

"Changeover" of NHK's television drama series

American actress Charlotte Kate Fox (L) and Japanese actor Tetsuji Tamayama (R), the stars of public broadcaster NHK's television drama series "Massan," pose for a photo with Japanese actress Tao Tsuchiya, who will star in the subsequent drama series "Mare," during a "changeover ceremony" for the broadcaster's drama series at NHK Broadcasting Center in Tokyo's Shibuya district on March 26, 2015. "Massan" will be broadcast until March 28, with "Mare" to follow from March 30. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

"Changeover" of NHK's television drama series

"Changeover" of NHK's television drama series

American actress Charlotte Kate Fox (L) and Japanese actor Tetsuji Tamayama (R), the stars of public broadcaster NHK's television drama series "Massan," pose for a photo with Japanese actress Tao Tsuchiya, who will star in the subsequent drama series "Mare," during a "changeover ceremony" for the broadcaster's drama series at NHK Broadcasting Center in Tokyo's Shibuya district on March 26, 2015. "Massan" will be broadcast until March 28, with "Mare" to follow from March 30. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

3 NHK employees investigated for suspected insider trading

3 NHK employees investigated for suspected insider trading

TOKYO, Japan - NHK President Genichi Hashimoto and two other senior NHK executives bow in apology at a news conference at the NHK Broadcast Center in Tokyo on Jan. 17 after the public broadcaster acknowledged that two NHK reporters and a news director are under investigation by the Securities and Exchange Surveillance Commission on suspicion of insider trading of stocks. (Kyodo)

Japanese journalist to head U.N. Information Center in Tokyo

Japanese journalist to head U.N. Information Center in Tokyo

NEW YORK, United States - Hatsuhisa Takashima, a veteran Japanese broadcast journalist, speaks at a press conference in New York on Aug. 23 before assuming his duties as head of the U.N. Information Center in Tokyo on Sept. 1. The post has been vacant since June, when former director Thelma O'Con-Solorzano of Nicaragua resigned. Takashima began his career with Japan's public broadcaster NHK in 1963, and will leave the corporation at the end of this month.