Nakai didn't admit guilt and denied using force against the woman. But he apologised for "causing trouble" in a statement and said that he had "resolved" the matter in a settlement, reportedly worth ...

More companies are distancing themselves from Fuji Television Network Inc. following a sexual misconduct scandal involving talk show host Masahiro Nakai, with more than 10 sponsors pulling their ...

Top brass at Japanese network giant Fuji Television and its parent company have stepped down following explosive allegations involving former SMAP frontman Masahiro Nakai and claims of a corporate ...

TOKYO (TR) – A well-placed source told Sankei Sports (Mar. 25) on Monday that Fuji TV announcer Risa Kishimoto, 25, will be ...

The recent sexual misconduct scandal involving former TV host Masahiro Nakai has brought to light the Japanese television industry's lack of ･･･ ...

The Japanese network Fuji Television and its parent company ... The scandal centers on Masahiro Nakai, a former leader of Japan's once-hugely popular boy band SMAP, and his costly settlement ...

“I, Masahiro Nakai, will retire from entertainment ... “trouble” had occurred but denied reports that an executive of Fuji Television Network Inc. may have been involved.

TOKYO: Japan’s Fuji Television Network has hired external lawyers to investigate a snowballing sex scandal surrounding pop star-turned-TV celebrity Masahiro Nakai, a case observers say reflects ...

Fuji Television Network, over the broadcaster's handling of a sex scandal involving former TV star Masahiro Nakai. Hieda, who joined the board of Fuji TV in 1983, served as executive managing ...

It all started with an “incident” involving a woman in her twenties and Nakai Masahiro, former member of boy band SMAP (which disbanded in 2016). While Fuji TV’s Chairman Kanō Shūji and ...