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State of Emergency – Anti-Japanese Broadcasting by NHK

NHK is Japan’s public broadcaster and a special corporation under the jurisdiction of the Broadcasting Policy Division, Information Distribution Administration Bureau, Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications. It is required by law, Article 64, Paragraph 1 of the Broadcasting Law, that the public pay a subscription fee.
In other words, it is a state-owned broadcasting station.

However, if NHK mishandles its handling of this incident, it will completely lose the value of its existence in Japan.
In addition, if the Japanese government or administration defends NHK, it will be using the public’s tax money to support anti-Japanese activities.

The following is a quote from NHK’s news report on the incident. (English translation by us)
“On the afternoon of April 19, during a Chinese-language newscast on NHK’s international radio station, a Chinese national who was reading from a news script made an inappropriate comment about the Senkaku Islands in Okinawa Prefecture that was not in the script.” “An external staff member who was translating and reading from a Japanese news script made inappropriate remarks after reporting the news, such as stating that the Senkaku Islands in Okinawa Prefecture are China’s territory which was not in the news script.” (Reference: NHK NEWS WEB)
NHK’s countermeasure is: “NHK, through its affiliated organizations, has made a rigorous protest to the individual and the affiliated organizations intend to terminate the contract with the individual.”(Reference: NHK NEWS WEB)

First of all, NHK needs to explain what is meant by “inappropriate comments that were not in the news script” (Reference: NHK NEWS WEB).
It seems to be saying that it is inappropriate to talk about something that was not in the original news script.  It also seems from NHK’s countermeasure that they are judging it as such.

Does NHK think that this countermeasure is sufficient because the content of the comments is a personal matter?
The comments are being broadcast on NHK’s airwaves, which is equivalent to NHK’s claim.
A public broadcaster that collects subscription fees from the Japanese people and receives public funding from the government is an unnecessary broadcaster if it is an anti-Japanese organization.
Who would be satisfied with the no sanctions against NHK? We also think that the government’s stance should be broadcast repeatedly on all NHK media to dispel this statement.

Diversity is important in hiring, but China has a national defense mobilization law in place that discourages it.
This should be taken into consideration when hiring personnel and contracting.
As long as China has a National Defense Mobilization Law, it is national defense and not discrimination.
Especially facilities and organizations related to the nation, as well as science and technology related schools and companies, need to make calm decisions.
It should be considered that this is not just a problem for Japan, but has the potential to become a major issue involving the United States and other countries.

Reference: The Asahi Shimbun (2024/08/21)
https://www.asahi.com/ajw/articles/15394291

Reference: The Mainichi (2024/08/21)
https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20240820/p2a/00m/0na/010000c


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2024/08/21