Tokyo District Court on Monday ordered a man who previously worked for Japan's national broadcaster NHK to pay the public entity ¥11 million in compensation for making unscripted remarks during its Chinese-language radio news program.
According to the ruling and other sources, the Chinese man said during a program aired in August last year that the Japanese-administered Senkaku Islands in Okinawa Prefecture are China's territory. The islands are claimed by China.
In the program, he also said that people must not forget the Nanjing massacre and wartime "comfort women."
Presiding Judge Kenta Adachi stated that the irregular remarks interfered with NHK's international broadcasting operations and harmed its credibility.
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