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.

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

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

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 ...

The Japanese network Fuji Television and its parent company say its president and chairperson are resigning immediately to ...

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. Reports ...

The spiralling controversy involves Masahiro Nakai, the 52-year-old media personality who was the leader of defunct male idol group Smap, and mainstream broadcaster Fuji Television. It also highlights ...

Fuji TV's Chairman and President have resigned over the handling of the sexual misconduct scandal involving TV presenter ...

including the one to which Nakai belonged, SMAP. Last Friday, Fuji TV President Koichi Minato acknowledged the company had been aware of the problem six months before the magazine report and hadn ...

FILE - This photo released by China's Xinhua News Agency shows Masahiro Nakai, one of Japanese pop group SMAP members, posing for a photo during an exclusive interview with Xinhua in Beijing ...