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TBS report of Fujiya scandal in Jan. posed 'problem': panel

TOKYO, Japan - Yoshiharu Kawabata (L), chairman of the Broadcasting Ethics Committee of the Broadcasting Ethics & Program Improvement Organization, and Shinobu Yoshioka, member of the committee, speak at a news conference in Tokyo on Aug. 6. The panel told Tokyo Broadcasting System Inc. that its January report on Fujiya Co.'s scandal was aired ''without sufficient news gathering'' and had ''a serious problem.'' It was the first case examined by the panel of the Broadcasting Ethics & Program Improvement Organization since it was set up in May following the revelation of fabricated TV shows by Osaka-based Kansai Telecasting Corp.

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Russian expert warns of cyberattacks at Tokyo Olympics

TOKYO, Japan - Eugene Kaspersky, chief executive officer at Kaspersky Lab in Russia, speaks in a Kyodo News interview in Tokyo on Oct. 31, 2014, warning of possible cyberattacks on live telecasting equipment and other infrastructure facilities at the 2020 Summer Olympic Games in the Japanese capital based on his experience of some 100,000 such attacks during the Sochi Winter Olympics earlier this year.

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Osaka Gov. Hashimoto, Yomiuri Telecasting sued over murder case

HIROSHIMA, Japan - A group of lawyers meet the press in Hiroshima on Nov. 27, 2009, after filing a damages and libel suit against Osaka Gov. Toru Hashimoto and Osaka-based broadcaster Yomiuri Telecasting Corp. earlier in the day over Hashimoto's remarks on a 2007 TV talk show criticizing the defense lawyers of a man accused of killing a woman and her daughter.

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Kansai Telecasting President Chigusa announces resignation

OSAKA, Japan - Soichiro Chigusa (R), the president of Kansai Telecasting Corp., announced April 3 his resignation the same day to take responsibility for distorting experimental data and quotes in the production of nationally broadcast prime-time entertainment programs. Masashi Kataoka (L), managing director, will replace Chigusa.

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Gov't issues stern reprimand against Kansai Telecasting

TOKYO, Japan - Kansai Telecasting Corp. President Soichiro Chigusa speaks to reporters on March 30 after his company was reprimanded by the communications ministry for promoting ''scientific'' theories that were actually concocted by fabricating data. Chigusa said, ''I intend to come clean about how to deal with the issue of responsibility,'' indicating that he may resign.

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Gov't issues stern reprimand against Kansai Telecasting

TOKYO, Japan - Communications minister Yoshihide Suga (L) delivers a letter to Kansai Telecasting Corp. President Soichiro Chigusa on March 30, severely censuring the company for promoting ''scientific'' theories that were actually concocted by fabricating data. Chigusa later indicated that he may resign.

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Kansai Telecasting's activities suspended by broadcaster assn.

TOKYO, Japan - Michisada Hirose, chairman of the National Association of Commercial Broadcasters, speaks at a news conference in Tokyo on Feb. 15 about the organization's decision to suspend the member activities of Kansai Telecasting Corp. for the time being following the airing of a program last month in which health data were fabricated.

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(2) Supporters in Beijing

BEIJING, China - A young Chinese soccer fan wearing a headband that reads ""China will win"" twists his face before a giant TV screen in Beijing telecasting China's 4-0 rout against Brazil in the World Cup group C match at Jeju World Cup Stadium in Sogwipo, South Korea on June 8. (World Cup 2002)

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Gov't issues stern reprimand against Kansai Telecasting

TOKYO, Japan - Communications minister Yoshihide Suga (L) delivers a letter to Kansai Telecasting Corp. President Soichiro Chigusa on March 30, severely censuring the company for promoting ''scientific'' theories that were actually concocted by fabricating data. Chigusa later indicated that he may resign. (Kyodo)

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Gov't issues stern reprimand against Kansai Telecasting

TOKYO, Japan - Kansai Telecasting Corp. President Soichiro Chigusa speaks to reporters on March 30 after his company was reprimanded by the communications ministry for promoting ''scientific'' theories that were actually concocted by fabricating data. Chigusa said, ''I intend to come clean about how to deal with the issue of responsibility,'' indicating that he may resign. (Kyodo)

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Kansai Telecasting President Chigusa announces resignation

OSAKA, Japan - Soichiro Chigusa (R), the president of Kansai Telecasting Corp., announced April 3 his resignation the same day to take responsibility for distorting experimental data and quotes in the production of nationally broadcast prime-time entertainment programs. Masashi Kataoka (L), managing director, will replace Chigusa. (Kyodo)

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TBS report of Fujiya scandal in Jan. posed 'problem': panel

TOKYO, Japan - Yoshiharu Kawabata (L), chairman of the Broadcasting Ethics Committee of the Broadcasting Ethics & Program Improvement Organization, and Shinobu Yoshioka, member of the committee, speak at a news conference in Tokyo on Aug. 6. The panel told Tokyo Broadcasting System Inc. that its January report on Fujiya Co.'s scandal was aired ''without sufficient news gathering'' and had ''a serious problem.'' It was the first case examined by the panel of the Broadcasting Ethics & Program Improvement Organization since it was set up in May following the revelation of fabricated TV shows by Osaka-based Kansai Telecasting Corp. (Kyodo)

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Kansai Telecasting's activities suspended by broadcaster assn.

TOKYO, Japan - Michisada Hirose, chairman of the National Association of Commercial Broadcasters, speaks at a news conference in Tokyo on Feb. 15 about the organization's decision to suspend the member activities of Kansai Telecasting Corp. for the time being following the airing of a program last month in which health data were fabricated. (Kyodo)

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Osaka Gov. Hashimoto, Yomiuri Telecasting sued over murder case

HIROSHIMA, Japan - A group of lawyers meet the press in Hiroshima on Nov. 27, 2009, after filing a damages and libel suit against Osaka Gov. Toru Hashimoto and Osaka-based broadcaster Yomiuri Telecasting Corp. earlier in the day over Hashimoto's remarks on a 2007 TV talk show criticizing the defense lawyers of a man accused of killing a woman and her daughter. (Kyodo)