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During the September 1, 2026 broadcast of Nippon TV’s “Miyaneya,” a former head of the Kanagawa Prefectural Police’s First Investigation Division — appearing remotely to give his take on a case in which the owner of a long-established Japanese confectionery shop in Mine, Yamaguchi Prefecture was killed and his wife seriously injured — used a term considered banned from broadcast while explaining a possible motive for the attacker targeting the victim’s head. The show displayed a caption reading “There was an inappropriate expression,” and host Seiji Miyane apologized, saying “I’m terribly sorry about that.” On 5channel, discussion centered on the fact that many viewers couldn’t actually make out what word was said, the point that “banned broadcast words” aren’t a legal category but merely a self-imposed restriction by broadcasters, and generational differences in sensitivity to such language.
Tue, 9/1, 4:24 PM
During the live broadcast of Nippon TV’s “Information Live Miyaneya” (weekdays, 1:55 PM) on the 1st, a segment aired in which a guest used a banned broadcast term, followed by an apology.
The segment was covering a case in Mine, Yamaguchi Prefecture, in which the owner of a long-established Japanese confectionery shop was killed and his wife was also seriously injured. Discussing the victim, who had been targeted in the head, a former head of the Kanagawa Prefectural Police’s First Investigation Division — appearing remotely as an expert commentator — gave his view: “If the attacker aims for the head and the victim doesn’t end up dying… they won’t be able to live a normal life, and if they can’t talk anymore, that would suit the culprit just fine — maybe that’s why they go for the head,” using an expression considered banned from broadcast as he spoke.
Source: news.yahoo.co.jp / Original article here
What people said
The younger Narumi doesn't seem like the type to make such a careless remark, so it's reassuring
In Japanese it'd literally be 'houseless'
These days they'd probably call it 'house-camping' (a jokey euphemism blending 'house' and 'camping')
Must be Burning Productions (a running 5ch joke blaming Japan's powerful Burning talent agency for media censorship)
Maybe he said something like 'fucking bitch'?
That's chicken (kashiwa)!
Kashiwa (chicken) is delicious
Covering up a bald spot a little is fine, isn't it
This is straight-up old-man slang
That's smack in the core 5channel demographic
It's not like he said it with discriminatory intent though
Only the people who get it will get it… lol
Ohh, you actually said it
Oh, turns out he's an ex-cop
Yeah, those guys would say that
That's just insane
Background and Key Points of the Discussion
There’s no legal category called “banned broadcast words” in Japan — as the thread itself points out, it’s simply a self-imposed list each broadcaster draws up on its own, often shaped by requests from human rights groups. “Katawa” is an old derogatory term for a physically disabled person that fell out of use in broadcasting and public life following the disability rights movement of the 1970s–80s. Because the remark aired live, many viewers couldn’t actually make out which word was used, and the thread’s recurring reaction of “nobody actually knows what he said” is background that doesn’t come through from the article text alone. The generational gap in sensitivity to such language was also a talking point — less a question of discriminatory intent and more a sign of how the standard for acceptable vocabulary in broadcasting and journalism has shifted over time.
*This article is excerpted and summarized from the 5channel (Geisports Sokuho+) thread “Miyaneya: Expert Uses Banned Broadcast Word, ‘There Was an Inappropriate Expression’ — Miyane Apologizes: ‘I’m Deeply Sorry’.”
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