All posts tagged "Japanese journalist"

  • Tatsuya Kato, a Japanese journalist accused of defamation against the South Korean president, walks into the Seoul Central District Court on Dec. 17, 2015, for his sentencing trial. (Yonhap)
    Japanese journalist acquitted of defaming Park

    SEOUL (Yonhap) — A Japanese journalist was acquitted Thursday of charges that he defamed South Korean President Park Geun-hye in print. Tatsuya Kato, the former Seoul bureau chief for Japan’s conservative Sankei Shimbun newspaper, was found not...

    • Posted December 17, 2015
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  • Tatsuya Kato, right, head of the Seoul bureau of Japan's Sankei Shimbun newspaper, was indicted on defamation charges. (NEWSis)
    18-month jail term sought for Japanese journalist charged with defaming S. Korean president

    SEOUL (Yonhap) — Prosecutors sought an 18-month jail term on Monday for a Japanese journalist charged with defaming President Park Geun-hye in print. Prosecutors argued that Tatsuya Kato, former Seoul bureau chief for Sankei Shimbun, knowingly published...

    • Posted October 19, 2015
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