Kodansha Ordered to Pay Damages to Comedian over Defamatory Reports

Tokyo, Nov. 25 (Jiji Press)--A Japanese court on Monday ordered publisher Kodansha Ltd. and the chief editor of its weekly magazine Friday to pay 2.2 million yen in damages to a comedian over defamatory reporting. The comedian, Sense Watanabe, had sued Kodansha and the editor, claiming that a series of articles by the magazine harmed his reputation. Tokyo District Court found that the Fr...