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S. Korean protesters stop car carrying Japanese reporter

SEOUL, South Korea - Members of a South Korean conservative group block a car carrying Tatsuya Kato, former Seoul bureau chief of Japan's Sankei Shimbun newspaper, in front of the Seoul Central District Court in this file photo taken on Nov. 27. 2014. Kato has been indicted on charges of defaming South Korean President Park Geun Hye. Local police sent papers on three of the protesters to prosecutors for damaging the vehicle on Dec. 24.

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Reporter pleads not guilty to defaming S. Korean pres.

SEOUL, South Korea - Members of a conservative South Korean civic group protest against a car carrying Tatsuya Kato, former chief of the Seoul bureau of the Japanese mass-circulation daily Sankei Shimbun, in the South Korean capital on Nov. 27, 2014, after Kato pleaded not guilty at the first preliminary hearing at the Seoul Central District Court on charges of defaming South Korean President Park Geun Hye in an article about her whereabouts during the deadly ferry disaster in April.

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Japanese reporter pleads not guilty to defaming S. Korean president

SEOUL, South Korea - Tatsuya Kato, former chief of the Seoul bureau of the Japanese mass-circulation daily Sankei Shimbun, appears at the Seoul Central District Court in the South Korean capital on Nov. 27, 2014, for the first preliminary hearing on charges of defaming South Korean President Park Geun Hye in an article about her whereabouts during the deadly ferry disaster in April. Kato pleaded not guilty at the hearing.

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Japanese reporter pleads not guilty to defaming S. Korean president

SEOUL, South Korea - Tatsuya Kato, former chief of the Seoul bureau of the Japanese mass-circulation daily Sankei Shimbun, appears at the Seoul Central District Court in the South Korean capital on Nov. 27, 2014, for the first preliminary hearing on charges of defaming South Korean President Park Geun Hye in an article about her whereabouts during the deadly ferry disaster in April. Kato pleaded not guilty at the hearing.

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Japan protests S. Korea's indictment of Japanese journalist

TOKYO, Japan - A car carrying Kim Won Jin, minister at the South Korean Embassy in Japan, leaves Japan's Foreign Ministry in Tokyo on Oct. 9, 2014, after Junichi Ihara, director general of the Foreign Ministry's Asian and Oceanian Affairs Bureau, lodged a protest over South Korea's indictment of the former Seoul bureau chief of a Japanese newspaper. Seoul prosecutors the previous day indicted Tatsuya Kato, 48, of the Sankei Shimbun, for allegedly defaming President Park Geun Hye in an article about her whereabouts on the day of a deadly ferry accident in April.

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S. Korea indicts Japanese journalist on defamation charges

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows Tatsuya Kato, the Seoul bureau chief of Japan's Sankei Shimbun newspaper, appearing at a prosecutors' office in Seoul on Oct. 2, 2014, for questioning about a controversial article suspected of having defamed South Korean President Park Geun Hye. On Oct. 8, South Korean public prosecutors indicted Kato, who has since been relieved of his position as Seoul bureau chief, on defamation charges.

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Sankei reporter appears at prosecutors' office again

SEOUL, South Korea - Tatsuya Kato (C), former chief of the Seoul bureau of the Japan mass-circulation daily Sankei Shimbun, appears Oct. 2, 2014, at the Seoul Central District Prosecutors' Office in the South Korean capital. Kato, 48, was questioned a third time about an article suspected of defaming President Park Geun Hye. It is possible the investigation has entered the final stage.

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Sankei reporter appears at prosecutors' office

SEOUL, South Korea - Tatsuya Kato, the Seoul bureau chief of the mass circulation Japanese daily Sankei Shimbun, appears on Aug. 18, 2014, at the Seoul Central District Prosecutors' Office in the South Korean capital. Kato, 48, was summoned for questioning to determine whether an article he penned defamed President Park Geun Hye.

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Ex-Sankei Seoul bureau chief speaks about defamation trial

Tatsuya Kato, the former Seoul bureau chief of the Sankei Shimbun newspaper, shares his experience of being acquitted after being charged with defaming South Korean President Park Geun Hye in his speech in Fukuoka, Japan, on Jan. 26, 2016. Things became "abnormal" in Seoul after he was accused, Kato said. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japanese journalist returns home after being acquitted of defamation

Tatsuya Kato, the former Seoul bureau chief for Japan's Sankei Shimbun newspaper, is seen at Narita airport, near Tokyo, on Dec. 18, 2015, after arriving from Seoul, the day after he was acquitted by a court of defaming South Korean President Park Geun Hye. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japanese journalist returns home after being acquitted of defamation

Tatsuya Kato, the former Seoul bureau chief for Japan's Sankei Shimbun newspaper, is seen at Narita airport, near Tokyo, on Dec. 18, 2015, after arriving from Seoul, the day after he was acquitted by a court of defaming South Korean President Park Geun Hye. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japanese journalist acquitted of defaming S. Korean leader

Tatsuya Kato, the former Seoul bureau chief of Japan's Sankei Shimbun daily, speaks at a news conference in Seoul on Dec. 17, 2015, after the Seoul Central District Court acquitted of defaming South Korean President Park Geun Hye in an article published in August 2014. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japanese journalist acquitted of defaming S. Korean leader

Tatsuya Kato, the former Seoul bureau chief of Japan's Sankei Shimbun daily, speaks at a news conference in Seoul on Dec. 17, 2015, after the Seoul Central District Court acquitted of defaming South Korean President Park Geun Hye in an article published in August 2014. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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S. Korean court to hand down ruling on Japanese reporter

Tatsuya Kato, a former Seoul bureau chief of Japan's Sankei Shimbun newspaper, arrives on Dec. 17, 2015, at the Seoul Central District Court, which will hand down a ruling on him. Kato was indicted for defaming South Korean President Park Geun Hye. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan Pavilion awarded best exhibition prize at Milan expo

Tatsuya Kato, commissioner general of the Japan Pavilion at Expo Milan 2015, receives the gold prize for best exhibition from the International Exhibitions Bureau, in the Italian city on Oct. 30, 2015, on the eve of the six-month-long event's final day. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Prosecution to demand punishment for ex-Sankei bureau chief

Tatsuya Kato, a former Seoul bureau chief of Japan's Sankei Shimbun, arrives at the Seoul Central District Court on Oct. 19, 2015, to hear the prosecution's demand for punishment against him. Kato has been accused of defaming South Korean President Park Geun Hye in an online article in which he referred to rumors she was meeting secretly with a former male aide during the Sewol ferry disaster in 2014 that killed more than 300 people. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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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

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Japan journalist testifies for compatriot charged with defaming S. Korea leader

Yuichi Ueda, Seoul bureau chief of Japan's Nishinippon Shimbun newspaper, speaks to reporters on July 27, 2015, after testifying on behalf of Japanese journalist Tatsuya Kato at the Seoul Central District Court. Kato, former Seoul bureau chief of the Sankei Shimbun daily, has been indicted for allegedly defaming South Korean President Park Geun Hye. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Indicted Japanese journalist enters Seoul court for hearing

Tatsuya Kato, former Seoul bureau chief of Japan's Sankei Shimbun newspaper indicted for allegedly defaming South Koran President Park Geun Hye, enters the Seoul Central District Court for a hearing on July 27, 2015. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japanese journalist enters Seoul court for defamation trial

Tatsuya Kato, former chief of the Seoul bureau of Japanese newspaper Sankei Shimbun, enters the Seoul Central District Court in the South Korean capital on June 29, 2015, for his trial on charges of defaming South Korean President Park Geun Hye in an article about the Sewol ferry disaster in April last year. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Reporter thanks Abe for encouragement while under S. Korea travel ban

Tatsuya Kato, the former Seoul Bureau chief of Japan's Sankei Shimbun daily, speaks to reporters after meeting with Prime Minister Shinzo Abe in Tokyo on April 15, 2015. Kato thanked Abe for giving encouragement while he was under a travel ban in South Korea for allegedly defaming President Park Geun Hye in August 2014. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Reporter thanks Abe for encouragement while under S. Korea travel ban

Tatsuya Kato, the former Seoul Bureau chief of Japan's Sankei Shimbun daily, speaks to reporters after meeting with Prime Minister Shinzo Abe in Tokyo on April 15, 2015. Kato thanked Abe for giving encouragement while he was under a travel ban in South Korea for allegedly defaming President Park Geun Hye in August 2014. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Ex-Sankei Seoul bureau chief returns home

Tatsuya Kato, a former Seoul bureau chief of the Sankei Shimbun who has been accused of defaming South Korean President Park Geun Hye, meets with reporters after arriving at Tokyo's Haneda airport on April 14, 2015, the day South Korea's Justice Ministry lifted the travel ban that had been imposed on him since last summer. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Ex-Sankei Seoul bureau chief returns home

Tatsuya Kato, a former Seoul bureau chief of the Sankei Shimbun who has been accused of defaming South Korean President Park Geun Hye, meets with reporters after arriving at Tokyo's Haneda airport on April 14, 2015, the day South Korea's Justice Ministry lifted the travel ban that had been imposed on him since last summer. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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S. Korea lifts travel ban on Japanese journalist

Tatsuya Kato, former chief of the Seoul bureau of Japan's Sankei Shimbun newspaper, accused of defaming South Korean President Park Geun Hye, enters the Seoul Central District Court for his trial, in this photo taken March 30, 2015. According to the daily, the South Korean government lifted a travel ban on Kato on April 14. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Sankei reporter enters Seoul court for trial over report on Park

Tatsuya Kato, former Seoul bureau chief of Japan's Sankei Shimbun newspaper, accused of defaming South Korean President Park Geun Hye, enters the Seoul Central District Court for his trial on March 30, 2015. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Ex-Sankei bureau chief enters Seoul court for hearing

Tatsuya Kato, former Seoul bureau chief of Japan's Sankei Shimbun daily, enters the Seoul Central District Court for a hearing on Jan. 19, 2015. Kato is charged with defaming South Korean President Park Geun Hye. ==Kyodo

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S. Korean protesters stop car carrying Japanese reporter

SEOUL, South Korea - Members of a South Korean conservative group block a car carrying Tatsuya Kato, former Seoul bureau chief of Japan's Sankei Shimbun newspaper, in front of the Seoul Central District Court in this file photo taken on Nov. 27. 2014. Kato has been indicted on charges of defaming South Korean President Park Geun Hye. Local police sent papers on three of the protesters to prosecutors for damaging the vehicle on Dec. 24. (Kyodo)

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Japanese reporter pleads not guilty to defaming S. Korean president

SEOUL, South Korea - Tatsuya Kato, former chief of the Seoul bureau of the Japanese mass-circulation daily Sankei Shimbun, appears at the Seoul Central District Court in the South Korean capital on Nov. 27, 2014, for the first preliminary hearing on charges of defaming South Korean President Park Geun Hye in an article about her whereabouts during the deadly ferry disaster in April. Kato pleaded not guilty at the hearing. (Kyodo)

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Japanese reporter pleads not guilty to defaming S. Korean president

SEOUL, South Korea - Tatsuya Kato, former chief of the Seoul bureau of the Japanese mass-circulation daily Sankei Shimbun, appears at the Seoul Central District Court in the South Korean capital on Nov. 27, 2014, for the first preliminary hearing on charges of defaming South Korean President Park Geun Hye in an article about her whereabouts during the deadly ferry disaster in April. Kato pleaded not guilty at the hearing. (Kyodo)

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S. Korea indicts Japanese journalist on defamation charges

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows Tatsuya Kato, the Seoul bureau chief of Japan's Sankei Shimbun newspaper, appearing at a prosecutors' office in Seoul on Oct. 2, 2014, for questioning about a controversial article suspected of having defamed South Korean President Park Geun Hye. On Oct. 8, South Korean public prosecutors indicted Kato, who has since been relieved of his position as Seoul bureau chief, on defamation charges. (Kyodo)

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Sankei reporter appears at prosecutors' office again

SEOUL, South Korea - Tatsuya Kato (C), former chief of the Seoul bureau of the Japan mass-circulation daily Sankei Shimbun, appears Oct. 2, 2014, at the Seoul Central District Prosecutors' Office in the South Korean capital. Kato, 48, was questioned a third time about an article suspected of defaming President Park Geun Hye. It is possible the investigation has entered the final stage. (Kyodo)

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Sankei reporter appears at prosecutors' office

SEOUL, South Korea - Tatsuya Kato, the Seoul bureau chief of the mass circulation Japanese daily Sankei Shimbun, appears on Aug. 18, 2014, at the Seoul Central District Prosecutors' Office in the South Korean capital. Kato, 48, was summoned for questioning to determine whether an article he penned defamed President Park Geun Hye. (Kyodo)