All posts tagged "Tatsuya Kato"

  • 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)
    Seoul court to review travel ban on Japanese reporter

    SEOUL (Yonhap) — A Seoul court will likely review later this week whether to lift the travel ban on a Japanese reporter accused of defaming President Park Geun-hye, court officials said Wednesday. Tatsuya Kato, former head of...

    • Posted February 11, 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)
    South Korea indicts Japanese journalist for defaming President

    SEOUL (Yonhap) — South Korea’s prosecutors indicted a Japanese reporter from a conservative Tokyo newspaper without detention Wednesday on charges of damaging President Park Geun-hye’s reputation. Tatsuya Kato, head of the Seoul bureau of Japan’s Sankei Shimbun...

    • Posted October 8, 2014
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