Japan's Kyodo News to Replace Top Editors over False Yasukuni Report; Agency Reshuffles After Report on Ikuina

The Yomiuri Shimbun
19:58 JST,
December 6, 2024
Kyodo News has decided to take disciplinary action against six of its employees, including two top editors who will be relieved of their duties, to take responsibility for a false report that said Akiko Ikuina, a parliamentary vice minister for foreign affairs, visited Yasukuni Shrine on Aug. 15, 20...
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