“I, Masahiro Nakai, am retiring from show business as ... At least 50 companies, including Toyota Motor Corp, East Japan Railway Co, Shiseido Co, and Nippon Life Insurance, have suspended ...

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 that ...

T OKYO (AP) — Masahiro Nakai, one of Japan’s top TV hosts and a former pop star, said Thursday he was retiring to take responsibility over sexual assault allegations that are part of a wave ...

The chairman and president of Japan’s Fuji Television resigned ... which centres around TV host and J-pop megastar Masahiro Nakai. A leading tabloid magazine reported last month that the 52 ...

Nakai presented for Fuji Television and was one of Japan's best-known TV hosts Japanese TV host Masahiro Nakai, one of the country's most recognisable faces on television, has announced that he is ...

The company also demoted the then-head of programming for his alleged secondary harassment of the victim, a former Fuji TV ...

Masahiro Nakai, a popular Japanese television host ... was formed in 1988 and gained popularity in Japan and across Asia. Nakai served as the group’s leader until it disbanded in 2016.

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Japan’s Fuji TV is facing criticism over its handling of alleged sexual misconduct by celebrity TV host and actor Masahiro Nakai, which have sent its parent’s share price tumbling in recent weeks.

FILE - This photo released by China's Xinhua News Agency shows Masahiro Nakai, one of Japanese pop group SMAP members, posing for a photo during an exclusive interview with Xinhua in Beijing ...