Fuji Television organised a press conference to try and salvage its reputation after being accused of protecting a big star.

The three former members of disbanded male pop group SMAP said Thursday they were not able to find ... would retire from show business over a scandal. Goro Inagaki, Tsuyoshi Kusanagi and Shingo Katori ...

Nakai was a member of the now-disbanded SMAP — part of Johnny & Associates’s lucrative stable — that swept the charts in Japan and across Asia during the band’s nearly 30 years of fame.

Japanese TV host Masahiro Nakai, who was a member of the former pop group SMAP, said Thursday he has retired from show business follo ...

This picture taken on Dec 30, 2015 shows Japanese boy band SMAP members (from left) Masahiro Nakai, Tsuyoshi Kusanagi, Shingo Katori, Goro Inagaki and Takuya Kimura in Tokyo. (Photo: AFP) News of the ...

Nakai was a member of the five-member boy band SMAP, created in 1988 by music producer Johnny Kitagawa. After debuting in 1991, SMAP quickly became one of the most successful boy bands in Asia ...

open image in gallery Japanese boy band SMAP members (L to R) Masahiro Nakai, Tsuyoshi Kusanagi, Shingo Katori, Goro Inagaki and Takuya Kimura in 2015 (JIJI PRESS/AFP via Getty Images) After the ...

The scandal surfaced last month when weekly magazines reported that Nakai, once a member of the disbanded pop idol group SMAP, got into "trouble" with a woman in 2023 and paid her settlement money.