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A program reviewing Fuji TV's own response to the alleged sexual harassment of a former announcer by ex-personality Masahiro ...
The group have decided to disband following member Taichi Kokubun’s hiatus over a misconduct scandal. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.
TOKYO -- U.S. proxy advisory firm Institutional Shareholder Services has recommended voting for scandal-stricken Fuji Media Holdings' proposed new slate of directors, while opposing a competing ...
A two-month investigation headed by an independent team commissioned by Fuji TV concluded on March 31 that host Masahiro Nakai had indeed committed sexual assault against a female newscaster at ...
TOKYO – A former Fuji Television employee expressed both relief and frustration in a statement on April 1 after a third-party panel report concluded she was sexually assaulted by Masahiro Nakai ...
The report on Monday centred on Masahiro Nakai, a former leader of Japan’s once-popular boy band SMAP, and how Fuji TV handled the 2023 case in which Nakai allegedly sexually assaulted a Fuji ...
Nakai – a former leader of Japanese male idol group Smap, which swept charts across Asia in the 1990s and 2000s – announced his retirement from show business in late January.
The scandal centers on Masahiro Nakai, a former leader of Japan's once-hugely popular boy band SMAP, and his costly settlement with a woman over the alleged sex assault at a 2023 dinner party.
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 ...
On Jan. 18, 2025, Fuji TV found itself at the center of a growing scandal after a report linked the network to sexual assault allegations involving a former SMAP manager. The controversy deepened when ...