Top brass at Japanese network giant Fuji Television and its parent company have stepped down following explosive allegations ...

Masahiro Nakai, a former leader of Japan's once-hugely popular boy band SMAP, reached a costly settlement with a woman over ...

The president and chairperson are out after complaints of a lack of transparency surrounding Masahiro Nakai in Japan ...

The allegations concern a 2023 encounter with a woman that involved a closed-door setting and a “sexual act against her will” ...

The recent sexual misconduct scandal involving Masahiro Nakai, a prominent talk show host and former member of Japan’s ...

Dozens of major Japanese companies have pulled their commercials from broadcaster Fuji Television amid allegations company ...

The 52-year-old former SMAP member said his contracts had been wound up, and that negotiations with sponsors were in progress ...

Japan’s Fuji TV is grappling with a major crisis over its handling of a sexual assault scandal surrounding star presenter ...

Japan’s Fuji Television said it will open an investigation into a high-profile sex scandal linked to one of the country’s top ...

As J-pop superstar and TV host Masahiro Nakai announces his retirement over sexual misconduct allegations, AFP looks at recent scandals in Japan's media and entertainment industry: ...

Masahiro Nakai, a former member of the SMAP boy band who is now a popular TV host at the network, has been linked by local media reports to allegations of sexual assault at a party which it is ...