Choice of NHK boss criticized

January 28, 2008 Shigeo Fukuchi's appointment as the new president of Japanese public broadcaster NHK has not been greeted with overwhelming enthusiasm. Earlier in the week, it was revealed that three news division staffers had used information gathered during their work to carry out insider trading on the Tokyo Stock Exchange. Immediately after accepting the position, Fukuchi said his "most important mission is to regain the public's trust" and that he aimed to reorganize "NHK's organizational culture to ensure strict compliance" with the law.

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