Katsuji Ebisawa, who resigned as president of NHK earlier this week over a series of embezzlement scandals involving NHK staff, has declined to become an adviser to the public broadcaster, his successor, Genichi Hashimoto, said Friday.</PARAGRAPH>
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<TD><FONT SIZE='1'><B>NHK President Genichi Hashimoto bows at the end of a news conference Friday announcing that his
predecessor, Katsuji Ebisawa –
, declined to be an adviser to the broadcaster.
Hashimoto said NHK received complaints from viewers and listeners after he appointed Ebisawa as adviser following his resignation as president Tuesday.
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