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Article: Kansai expelled for bean fat lie.(World News)(Kansai Telecasting Corp., National Association of Commercial Broadcasters )(Brief article)
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- Daily Variety
- Article date:
- March 28, 2007
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TOKYO -- Japan's National Assn. of Commercial Broadcasters is expelling Osaka-based Kansai Telecasting Corp. after it faked data on "Hakkutsu! Aru Aru Daijiten II" ("Encyclopedia of Living").
Tuesday's decision will be ratified by an emergency meeting of the NAB board of directors on April 19. The Communications Ministry, which oversees the TV biz, has yet to announce its own punishment for the station.
The Jan. 7 edition of the show, now canceled, pumped the benefits of a spurious ...