Fuji Television Network Inc. is expected to discuss whether President Koichi Minato should step down following allegations ...

TOKYO -- What started as a professional ethics issue involving a sexual misconduct scandal by a former pop idol in Japan has turned into a corporate governance disaster causing major companies to ...

A popular TV host admitted trying to conceal a sexual assault complaint. This time, the reaction was swift and harsh, and ...

Former star of J-pop band SMAP Masahiro Nakai resigned after several damning reports and suspicions that broadcasting giant ...

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: ...

Weekly magazine Shukan Bunshun has alleged that Fuji TV has long exploited its female announcers to entertain stars such as Nakai.

J-Pop star Masahiro Nakai retires amid sexual misconduct allegations. Brands and TV networks sever ties, triggering industry ...

Dozens of major Japanese companies have pulled their commercials on Fuji Television amid allegations company officials tried ...

The drill barrel is almost a meter long, so we sample the firn cores in increments of 75 to 90 centimeters (29 to 35 inches), and we collect about 25 increments at each site – that gives us a total ...

(Mainichi/Naoaki Hasegawa) TOKYO -- Masahiro Nakai, a former member of the now-defunct idol group SMAP, on Jan. 9 responded ... reported that Nakai had paid 90 million yen (approx.

The reports, which emerged last month, said that Masahiro Nakai, a 52-year-old former member of the hugely popular group SMAP, had paid a woman a lump sum of 90 million yen (US$570,000). That was to ...