NHK and the Asahi Shimbun are still at odds over allegations that an NHK war crimes documentary was censored under political pressure, and a new report by the daily threatens to add fuel to the fire.

The unusual report, carried in the Monday morning edition, is intended to verify allegations it made in January that NHK re-edited the program about a mock war crimes tribunal after being pressured to do so by two leading LDP politicians.

The redacted sections included one about the tribunal's December 2000 verdict, which found Emperor Hirohito guilty of sanctioning sexual slavery.