, director of the Broadcasting Ethics & Program Improvement Organization, announces during a news conference on March 7 the formation of a new subcommittee to prevent fabricated information from being broadcast by TV stations. KYODO PHOTO

The major had taken over NHK's radio in Chiyoda Ward, Tokyo, pressuring Yanagisawa, then the coordinator of the broadcaster's radio programs, to suppress the Emperor's declaration of defeat.

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