Masahiro Nakai, a former member of the legendary Japanese pop group SMAP, has been at the center of a shocking sex scandal that has rocked Fuji TV, one of Japan’s major networks. With allegations of a ...

By River Akira Davis Reporting from Tokyo The chief executive of Sony Group, Kenichiro Yoshida, who helped further the company’s decades-long push to transform itself from a consumer electronics ...

Akira Takeuchi has been appointed as committee chair. The panel is expected to probe former Fuji TV President Koichi Minato and Nakai, as well as other Fuji employees who are believed to have a ...

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 ...

The president and chairman of Fuji Television Network Inc. stepped down Monday to take responsibility for a scandal involving popular TV host Masahiro Nakai, who is accused of sexual misconduct ...

Fuji TV President Koichi Minato and Chairman Shuji Kanoh announced on Monday that they will resign to take responsibility for how the broadcaster handled sexual misconduct allegations against ...

Fuji TV executives resigned amid growing pressure over sexual assault allegations against host Masahiro Nakai. The scandal unfolded after reports revealed Nakai paid a settlement to a woman ...

Tabloid magazine Josei Seven publishes a scoop saying Nakai paid an unnamed woman a lump sum of 90 million yen ($570,000) over what it describes as "serious trouble" between them. The report says ...

Criticism has mounted from advertisers and the public over the scandal, which centres around TV host and J-pop megastar Masahiro Nakai. A leading tabloid magazine reported in December that the 52 ...

The chairman and president of Japan’s Fuji Television resigned on Monday, weeks after a celebrity presenter and former pop star was accused of sexual assault. Criticism has mounted from ...

Criticism has mounted from advertisers and the public over the scandal, which centres around TV host and J-pop megastar Masahiro Nakai. A leading tabloid magazine reported last month that the ...