THE ASAHI SHIMBUN
July 9, 2021 at 15:20 JST
Ryoichi Ueda, right, president of Japan Broadcasting Corp. (NHK), Susumu Ishihara, center, chairman of the NHK Board of Governors, and Yasuo Suzuki, senior executive vice president of Japan Post Holdings Co., attend an Upper House Budget Committee session in October 2019. (Asahi Shimbun file photo)
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