In a trial in which NHK sued that a false article was posted on the Internet summary site as if the director of NHK was involved in the arson murder case of "Kyoto Animation" and was disgraced, the Tokyo District Court said, "NHK's social "It greatly lowered the evaluation," and ordered the editor-in-chief of the site to compensate for more than 3.6 million yen.
An honorary article was posted on the Internet summary site "LH MAGAZINE" about the case where the Kyoto Animation studio in Kyoto City was set on fire and 36 employees died, as if NHK and its director were involved in the case. NHK sued the editor-in-chief of the site for being hurt.
In the ruling, Judge Takao Furuta of the Tokyo District Court said, "Reading the content of the article normally gives the impression that NHK and the director were involved in the arson case and destroyed the evidence. High reliability and neutrality are required. Based on NHK's position, the social reputation has dropped significantly, "he pointed out and ordered compensation of more than 3.6 million yen.
NHK has also filed a lawsuit seeking compensation for the blog posters quoted by the summary site.