TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Japanese TV host Masahiro Nakai, who was a member of the former pop group SMAP, said Thursday he has retired ...

A Japanese tabloid reported that it involved a sexual act against the victim's will. Read more at straitstimes.com.

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

Masahiro Nakai, a former member of the now-defunct idol group SMAP, on Jan. 9 responded over a widely publicized scandal involving a woman, a ...

One of Japan's biggest pop stars and best-known TV hosts, Masahiro Nakai, announced his retirement Thursday over sexual misconduct allegations, reports said, in the latest scandal to rock Japan's ...

Masahiro Nakai, a popular Japanese television host who was a member of the former pop group SMAP and is embroiled in ... her 20s in June 2023 that led to a 90 million yen (US$575,000) out-of ...

According to the report, Nakai, a former member of boy band SMAP, was supposed to have dinner ... which led to Nakai paying ¥90 million to settle the case. In a time of both misinformation ...

After the weekly magazine Shukan Bunshun reported in December on a 90 million yen (US$578,000 ... assault at a 2023 dinner party, the former SMAP star issued a statement acknowledging a settlement ...

The chairman and president of Japan's Fuji Television resigned Monday, weeks after a celebrity presenter was accused of ...

Koichi Minato, president of Fuji Television, resigned with immediate effect, while Shuji Kano, chairman of both Fuji ...

After the weekly magazine Shukan Bunshun reported in December a 90 million yen ($580,000 ... assault at a 2023 dinner party, the former SMAP star issued a statement acknowledging a settlement ...

He allegedly paid 90 million yen ($571,500 ... saying they will not answer questions about program lineups. SMAP, whose name stands for "Sports Music Assemble People," was formed in 1988.