The anchor explained that there was a mistake in the onscreen text, adding that it should have read tensai (genius).
The classmate used the word tensai (天才), which means “genius” or “prodigy.”
Fuji TV, one of Japan’s largest television networks, has apologized after an unfortunate misquote that called director Yasuhiro Takemoto an “idiot.”
The text reads aho (アホ), which means “idiot” or “fool” in the Kansai dialect.
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