News Headlines - 10 February 2021

▽Violation of broadcasting ethics that is serious in BPO Fuji TV

BPO = Broadcasting Ethics & Program Improvement Organization announced opinion that there was violation of serious broadcasting ethics for news program of Fuji TV today. Subsidiary of Fuji TV and Sankei newspaper publisher carried out joint public opinion poll, but reassignment of research company We made aerial data with approximately 17% of samples. Therefore, BPO We broadcasted the news that aerial data were included in during more than one year and pointed out that we greatly betrayed trust.

▽Olympics-Toyota president disappointed by comments from Tokyo 2020 chief Mori | Reuters

Toyota President Akio Toyoda said his company was disappointed by recent comments from Tokyo 2020 Olympics President Yoshiro Mori which were contrary to the values that the Japanese automaker respects and supports.
The comment was read out by an executive at the company’s earnings briefing and came after Mori incited anger at home and abroad with remarks last week that women talk too much causing meetings to drag on... Toyota is a worldwide Olympic sponsor.

▽Tianwen-1, China's mission to Mars, has entered orbit - CNN

After traveling through space for seven months, China's Tianwen-1 probe has reached Mars and successfully entered the planet's orbit on Wednesday -- bringing it one step closer to landing on the surface.
Tianwen-1, whose name means "quest for heavenly truth," is made up of an orbiter, lander and a six-wheeled rover carrying scientific instruments, according to the China National Space Administration (CNSA.)

▽Clubhouse app blocked in China, added to 'Great Firewall' - users, activists | Reuters

Access to U.S. audio app Clubhouse was blocked in China on Monday, users and an anti-censorship watchdog said, ending a brief window that allowed thousands of mainland users to join in discussions often censored in China... Masses of new users joined from mainland China, taking part in discussions on topics that included sensitive issues such as Xinjiang detention camps, Taiwan independence and Hong Kong’s National Security Law.
However, users of China’s Twitter-like social media app Weibo began posting that they were having issues accessing the Clubhouse app on Monday evening.

▽Woman Shot by Myanmar Police During Anti-Coup Protest Declared Brain Dead

Ma Mya Thwet Thwet Khine, a 20-year-old student who was shot in the head by a police officer during an anti-coup protest in Naypyitaw on Tuesday, was pronounced brain dead that night.