Advertisers React & Corporate Fallout 3:59 Fuji TV's Response 5:22 Masahiro Nakai's Retirement 6:34 Problems in Japan's Entertainment Industry 7:59 Outro Masahiro Nakai, a former member of the ...

TOKYO: Hugely popular Japanese boy band SMAP will break up at the end of the year, their management said Sunday, saddening their army of fans across Asia and marking the end of an era. The five ...

Fuji TV chairman Shuji Kano and president Koichi Minato stepped down to take responsibility for an alleged sexual assault by ...

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.

Nakai is a former member of the now-disbanded pop idol group SMAP. Fuji Television Network ... The president also says the company will set up a panel to review management practices, as proposed ...

Nakai is a former member of the now-disbanded pop idol group SMAP. The parent company of the broadcaster has decided to set up an independent panel to investigate the matter, with a report ...

Fuji Media Holdings, parent of Fuji TV, has launched an independent probe into the 2023 dinner at which the celebrity TV host and former pop star Nakai ... whether a cover up at Fuji TV where ...

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

The resignations of the top officials of the Tokyo-based company come amid allegations against Nakai, who rose to fame as a member of the now-defunct pop group SMAP. The scandal has ... involved in ...

His retirement stunned Japan, with three other former SMAP members telling local media they were "speechless".

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Japanese TV host Masahiro Nakai, who was a member of the former pop group SMAP, said Thursday he ... 2023 with employees of Fuji TV ended up with only Nakai and a woman present ...