Inappropriate advertisement on the Japan Meteorological Agency website From the day of posting to 4:00 on September 16
It was found that the website of the Japan Meteorological Agency, which began posting private advertisements on the 15th, contained inappropriate advertisements that could violate the standards set by the Japan Meteorological Agency.
The Japan Meteorological Agency is taking measures to delete it.
The Japan Meteorological Agency began posting private advertisements on the homepage on the 15th to cover part of the operating costs of the homepage.
However, according to the Japan Meteorological Agency, since the advertisement started to be posted at 2:00 pm, inappropriate ones that may violate the posting standard have been found, and the business operator entrusted the operation has taken measures to delete the corresponding advertisement. That is.
According to the advertisement posting standards on the website set by the Japan Meteorological Agency, it is not possible to post advertisements that contain inappropriate content that violates the law or is mistaken for facts, but according to NHK's interview, the advertisements that were posted It was confirmed that some of them may violate the law regarding the display of advertisements for pharmaceutical products.
Concerns about the placement of such inappropriate advertisements have been pointed out for some time, and Yasuo Sekida, Secretary of the Japan Meteorological Agency, said at a press conference in July that "advertisements that are not suitable for the national homepage will be excluded from the beginning." It was.
The Japan Meteorological Agency states, "We will promptly respond to the operators who operate the products, such as by deleting advertisements for those that are judged to be inappropriate."