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 Yomiuri Shimbun 16:51 JST, January 28, 2025 A press conference that Fuji Television Network, Inc. held Monday in response to a scandal involving now-retired TV personality Masahiro Nakai lasted ...

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 ...

Shukan Bunshun reported in December that TV personality Nakai Masahiro got into trouble with a woman in 2023 and paid her settlement money. The report quoted an acquaintance of the woman as saying ...

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 ...

In a bid for redemption after Fuji Television's first, heavily criticized news conference addressing how it handled sexual misconduct allegations against TV personality Masahiro Nakai, the ...

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 ...