A number of civil society groups protested against Momii's continued tenure as Director-General of NHK. On 27 January 2014, the issued a public letter calling for Momii's resignation on the grounds that the remarks he made at his inaugural press conference were explosive. The letter stated that if Momii did not resign by the end of April, its members would freeze their licence fee payments for half a year. While Momii did not resign, he was not reappointed and retired after serving only one term of three years.
a number of civil society groups protested against momii's continued tenure as director-general of nhk on 27 january 2014 the issued a public letter calling for momii's resignation on the grounds that the remarks he made at his inaugural press conference were explosive the letter stated that if momii did not resign by the end of april its members would freeze their licence fee payments for half a year while momii did not resign he was not reappointed and retired after serving only one term of three years