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TOKYO (AP) - A court ordered public broadcaster NHK and two production companies to pay damages to a women's rights group for altering a news program on Japanese sex slavery during World War II after alleged pressure from politicians, officials said Monday.
The Tokyo High Court acknowledged claims by the women's group VAWW-NET Japan that NHK altered a program about a mock international tribunal on Japanese sex slavery after protests from Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, who was then deputy chief Cabinet secretary, and ruling party heavyweight Shoichi Nakagawa, a high court official said on condition of anonymity, citing protocol.
The defendants were ordered to pay $16,420 to the women's group.
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