Behind NHK’s Lenient Disciplinary Actions Against Managers: “Admonishment and Dismissal for Illegally Claiming Taxi Fees

Another bureau employee, who had worked under Mr. A in the same department as Mr. A, revealed, “The punishment was ‘admonishment and dismissal.

I was surprised that the punishment was ‘admonishment and dismissal. Compared to a disciplinary dismissal, it is a much more lenient measure. I heard that it was because they returned the full amount of the cab fare that caused the problem, but I don’t think it’s enough to return the cab fare from the perspective of a serious employee.

This disciplinary action is for 2019 and onward, but I would like to see an investigation into the earlier years as well. ……”

Regarding Mr. A’s work, this bureau member reveals that he heard this.

During the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics held four years ago, Mr. A worked at the desk of an international broadcasting station in Tokyo as a manuscript checker. I heard that there were times when he could not go to the site to wait for confirmation of the manuscript, even though he had his next assignment.

The International Bureau is a department where specialists in English and other languages gather, and it is a key part of NHK, but Mr. A must not have had the right skills for the job. I always wondered why someone like him was in the International Bureau.

One would think that an “internationally minded” member of the bureau would have been able to imagine the consequences of such an unacceptable use of cabs for personal use. ……