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> <PHOTO> <TABLE WIDTH='200' ALIGN='right' BORDER='0'> <TR> <TD><IMG ALT='News photo' BORDER='0' SRC='/images/photos2005/nn20050129b1a.jpg' WIDTH='190' HEIGHT='190'/></TD> </TR> <TR> <TD><IMG ALT='News photo' BORDER='0' SRC='/images/photos2005/nn20050129b1b.jpg' WIDTH='200' HEIGHT='225'/></TD> </TR> <TR> <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.