Editing NHK (section)

===Insider trading ban===
In 2007, three employees of NHK were fined and fired for [[insider trading]]. They had profited by trading shares based on exclusive NHK knowledge.<ref name="JapanCorp">{{cite web |date=11 July 2008 |title=NHK Bans Stock Trading for Many Employees |url=http://www.japancorp.net/Article.Asp?Art_ID=19038 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141020163449/http://www.japancorp.net/Article.Asp?Art_ID=19038 |archive-date=20 October 2014 |access-date=20 October 2014 |website=JCN Newswire |agency=Jiji Press}}</ref>

On 11 July 2008, NHK introduced a ban prohibiting stock trading by employees, numbering around 5,700, who had access to its internal news information management system. The employees were required to pledge in writing that they would not trade in stocks, and were required to gain approval from senior staff to sell shares they already held. NHK banned short-term stock trading completed in periods of six months or less for all other employees.<ref name="JapanTimes">{{cite web |date=12 July 2008 |title=NHK bans stock trades by reporters |url=http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2008/07/12/national/nhk-bans-stock-trades-by-reporters/ |access-date=20 October 2014 |website=The Japan Times |agency=Kyodo News}}</ref>

The ban did not extend to employees' families, nor did NHK request any reports on their transactions.<ref name=JapanCorp/>