Masahiro Nakai, one of Japan's top TV hosts and a former pop star, says he is retiring to take responsibility over sexual assault allegations.

The 52-year-old former SMAP member said his contracts had been wound up, and that negotiations with sponsors were in progress.

Japanese TV network Fuji faces mass advertiser exodus after allegations of covering up sexual assault claims against host Masahiro Nakai of SMAP fame.

Fuji Television Network Inc. has established a third-party investigation committee in response to a weekly magazine report that one of its employees was involved in a scandal that erupted between a woman and 52-year-old TV personality Masahiro Nakai,

This alleged sex scandal is another dark chapter for Japan’s entertainment industry, which has not recovered from the Johnny & Associates abuse revelations in 2023. View on euronews

One of Japan’s biggest pop stars and best-known TV hosts, Masahiro Nakai, announced his retirement Thursday, Jan. 23, over sexual misconduct allegations, reports said, in the latest scandal to rock Japan’s entertainment industry.

Masahiro Nakai, one of Japan’s top TV hosts and a former pop star, has said he is retiring to take responsibility over sexual assault allegations

Dozens of major Japanese companies have pulled their commercials from broadcaster Fuji Television amid allegations company officials tried to cover up a sex scandal involving one of the country’s most