Broadcasting Ethics News Today

Changes are being made at Japan Broadcasting Corp. (NHK) in the wake of joining a global effort to create diverse content that mirrors the world.

A report in News Watch 9 suggested three people lost family members to COVID-19 infection when they actually died after being vaccinated.

In Japan, the annual wartime commemoration is cynically and critically referred to as

Viewer commented that the relatives of Hana Kimura received harassment after expressing their discomfort with the series

The mother of a reality TV star who killed herself after she was cyberbullied has filed a lawsuit against the companies behind the show for not fulfilling their responsibility to protect the cast.

The committee concluded that the program claimed a man had been paid to participate in an anti-Olympics rally, though in reality the man hadn't participated in such a demonstration.

A comedian puts on underwear smeared with medication that causes a burning sensation in his groin. An entertainer tries to escape from a deep hole in the ground as his cast mates mock his increasingly frantic efforts to get out. He repeatedly falls but does not sustain any injuries. They left him in the pit for six hours. These skits,...

The reason you probably had to watch a Japanese TV clip of Will Smith shouting at Chris Rock.

Rep. Matt Shaheen describes books content as "graphic images of women being raped by demons"

The program contained subtitles reading "a man who said he is participating in an anti-Olympic demonstration" and "(he) revealed (he was) paid for the participation."