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Shunzo Morishita speaks at a news conference as chief of public broadcaster Japan Broadcasting Corp.’s Board of Governors in Tokyo on March 9. (Koichi Ueda)
Shunzo Morishita has been re-elected head of the top-decision making body overseeing Japan Broadcasting Corp. (NHK), a contentious move that critics say raises concerns about the public broadcaster’s editorial independence.
Members of NHK’s Board of Governors voted unanimously to re-elect Morishita, 75, as chairman at a meeting on March 9.
The 12-member board has final say on approving the broadcaster’s budget, as well as the appointment and dismissal of NHK’s president.
Morishita was re-elected on the grounds that he “smoothly managed” the board’s proceedings, according to a governor who attended the meeting.