On September 10, the Japan Broadcasting Corporation (NHK) announced the process and results of the incident of a Chinese male announcer of NHK's international Chinese radio outsourcing company on August 19, and several directors of NHK were dealt with.
NHK Chairman Nobuo Inaba, Vice Chairman Inoue Shuhiko, Executive Director Keio Yamana, Director Taichi Nakajima and others will voluntarily refund 50% of their one-month salary.
Kenji Pyoda, the director in charge of international broadcasting, resigned. Penda only joined NHK in April this year.
NHK International Broadcasting Director Emiko Amagawa and five other employees took a pay cut.
Shinsuke Kanda, president of NHK Global Media Services, Inc., who signed a contract with a Chinese male announcer, and Broad Broad Salary.
At a press conference, Nobuo Inaba said that the incident was a "broadcast hijacking" and that it violated NHK's own international programming standards, and that the situation was extremely serious, and that he would like to apologize once again.
NHK is considering filing a lawsuit against the male announcer for damages such as credit damage, and is carefully considering whether to file a criminal lawsuit.
On August 26, NHK established a censorship system headed by Vice President Yoshihiko Inoue. The findings detail what happened that day.
It is reported that the man involved is surnamed Hu, a native of Shanxi, who went to Japan to study at the age of 20 and completed his graduate studies at the University of Tokyo. He used to be a special correspondent for Phoenix TV's Tokyo bureau, and also dubbed Chinese commentary for the Japanese government and companies. In 2002, he signed a contract with NHK Global Media Services, and his main job was to translate the original news into Chinese and broadcast it twice a week.
On the morning of August 19, while translating a news report titled "Graffiti on the Stone Pillar of the Yasukuni Shrine" at the Broadcasting Center, the man found a message in a Japan manuscript with words similar to "toilet" and letters. The man was skeptical about this part.
Subsequently, the man checked the press pictures and other information with the outside director, but could not find the letters. The man was furious and said, "NHK's manuscript is vague, and if it is translated into Chinese as it is, it will bring danger to me personally." "How should NHK think about its responsibilities?" Subsequently, the help desk deleted the sentence at its discretion.
After the live broadcast began at 1:01 p.m., the man read out the news about the Yasukuni Shrine, and protest words such as "militarism" and "death" appeared in the parts that should have been deleted from the manuscript. Subsequently, he said, "Diaoyu Dao and its affiliated islands have been Chinese territory since ancient times!" And said in English "Don't forget the Nanjing Massacre, don't forget the comfort women" for a total of 22 seconds. The external guide and the service desk on the scene were shocked and unacceptable! I had to use actions such as lowering the audio.
After the broadcast, two people approached the man and asked him to "read it again." However, the man refused and tried to leave, saying, "I won't do it." The manuscript read by the man had a handwritten statement of the relevant contents. At this time, the leaders of NHK Radio came over, and when other superiors asked him for an explanation, he repeated: "I personally can no longer take any risks for Japan's national propaganda!" "Then left the broadcast center around 2:50 p.m.
According to NHK, the station has a panic button that turns off the microphone and plays music in case of an emergency, but such a situation is unexpected. The multilingual media manager in charge of the news explained: "Since this is a news report, the announcer is not free to speak, we did not anticipate irregular speech during the broadcast, and we are not aware of the risk of seeing it as a risk. ”
A staff member who was involved in the recruitment said that the man involved gave the impression that he was mild-mannered, studious and liked Japan classical literature.
His colleagues say he is a taciturn man at work. Although his colleagues and staff knew little about his private life, he sometimes complained about translation policies and treatment. Using the Diaoyu Islands as an example, he reportedly raised questions such as "Can you refuse a translation job?" And so on.
The findings confirmed that the man also used a different name to publish articles and audio reports in Hong Kong's Chinese media. In some cases, reports have used the term "nuclear-contaminated water," not used by the Japan government, to refer to treated water at TEPCO's Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant.
Yuki Okukubo, a journalist familiar with China affairs, said, "I find it strange that even though he has lived in Japan for a long time, he still harbors anti-Japanese sentiment," adding, "I am worried that similar incidents will happen in the future." ”
In the aftermath of the incident, NHK conducted individual interviews with contract expatriate staff to find out if they had any concerns or grievances. Through learning courses and other activities, the company plans to ensure that everyone is aware of the rules and policies that apply when working in international broadcasting.
It is reported that the day after the incident, NHK terminated the contract with the man involved. The man then left Japan and returned to China.
According to the results of the investigation, the man was not happy working at NHK radio station, and was often asked to broadcast news that was contrary to his conscience and values, and he was worried that he would incur risks for himself, and he was dissatisfied with the fact that he had worked in NHK for more than 20 years, and his salary had not increased much. In the broadcast on the day of the incident, I encountered another vague draft, so the emotions that had been suppressed for a long time completely exploded, and I boldly said what I wanted to say in my heart.
Literati have their own way of serving the country, and we should protect such patriots who "have a red heart and are prepared with both hands". Because Japan's right-wing forces are starting to rise again, the assassination of Abe is an example.
Japanese people always nod their heads when they see people, which in the eyes of ordinary Chinese is a sign of politeness, but in fact, what is hidden under his politeness is the action of drawing a knife. From this incident, we can see the hypocrisy and insidiousness of Japan. Japan is a developed country and has very free speech, but when you poke his sore spot, he is still very sensitive! For example, the Diaoyu Islands, the Nanjing Massacre, comfort women, etc.