Protest at Japan consulate

Protest at Japan consulate

DENPASAR, Bali: A group of students marched to the Japanese consulate on Tuesday demanding an apology from the Japanese television network NHK for reporting, erroneously, of an outbreak of cholera on the holiday island.

The students said the NHK report has scared off many potential Japanese tourists.

NHK should help restore the image and the good name of Bali, the students, who met with chief of the consulate Katsuo Yamashita, said, Antara reported.

The protesters were from the local chapter of the Indonesian Nationalist Students Movement.

The NHK last month reported that many Japanese tourists contracted cholera after returning from Bali.

Subsequent investigations in Bali found that there was no outbreak of the disease. (emb)