Masahiro Nakai, one of Japan’s top TV hosts and a former pop star, says he is retiring to take responsibility over sexual assault allegations ...

Japanese TV host Masahiro Nakai announces retirement after sexual misconduct allegations - ‘I will continue to face my problems and will respond in good faith,’ says former boy band member ...

Major Japanese advertisers are fleeing broadcast powerhouse Fuji Television following an alleged sex scandal involving former boy band idol turned TV host Masahiro Nakai. Industry heavyweights such as ...

The scandal centers on Masahiro Nakai, a former leader of Japan's once-hugely popular boy band SMAP, and his costly settlement with a woman over the alleged sex assault at a 2023 dinner party that ...

Toru Ota, a former chief of programming at Fuji Television Network Inc., said he continued hiring Masahiro Nakai despite learning early on about “trouble” between the celebrity and a woman at ...

The aftermath of Masahiro Nakai, the leader of Japan's national idol group SMAP, announcing his retirement from the ...

TOKYO (TR) – Fuji Media Holdings, which owns Fuji Television, has revised downward its consolidated financial results ...

Fuji Television Network Inc. and its regional affiliates are expected to lose 1.3 billion to 1.4 billion yen (approx. $8.35 ...

The chairman and president of Fuji Television Network Inc. will resign over the reported sexual misconduct scandal involving former entertainer Masahiro Nakai, the company said at a news ...

Weekly magazine Shukan Bunshun corrected a key part of its initial scoop on the “trouble” between celebrity Masahiro Nakai ...

Top executives of Fuji Television Network Inc. have resigned over a scandal that was brought to light by the weekly Shukan ...

Former star of J-pop band SMAP Masahiro Nakai resigned after several damning reports and suspicions that broadcasting giant Fuji TV covered up the assault case. The scandal is part of a wave of sexual ...