Although it upheld a redress award against NHK for defamation, the Supreme Court on Thursday dismissed a 58-year-old woman's claim against the broadcaster, reversing a lower court ruling that had ordered it to air a correction to a 1996 program that referred to her divorce.
The top court's No. 1 Petty Bench dismissed the Tokyo High Court ruling that sided with the Saitama Prefecture woman, who claimed NHK aired a program based only on the claims of her husband and son and did not interview her.
She had demanded a correction be aired as stipulated in the broadcasting law.