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Asahi Shimbun retracts another faulty story

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The Asahi Shimbun on Sept. 12 carried front-page articles and an apology concerning an erroneous article that alleged workers fled the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant during the meltdown crisis in March 2011, retracting a scoop that had drawn strong criticism from the public, lawmakers and government officials.

At a news conference a day earlier, Asahi had retracted a story on the nuclear crisis after acknowledging the article contained a serious error ― the latest to rock the country’s major left-leaning daily. (Kyodo)

朝日新聞、記事の誤りを認め謝罪

朝日新聞社は９月11日に記者会見を開き、2011年の福島第１原発事故で作業員らが現場から撤退したとする記事に誤りがあったため、取り消すことを発表し、謝罪した。

The Japan Times ST: September 26, 2014