Major TV networks are scrambling to deal with programs emceed by former SMAP member Masahiro Nakai, who is caught up in an alleged sex scandal. Nakai, 52, once belonged to the hugely popular male ...

Nakai, 52, was a member of the hugely popular male idol group SMAP before it disbanded in 2016. Since late last year, multiple publications have reported on his alleged sexual misconduct toward a ...

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 ...

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 ...

Masahiro Nakai, one of Japan’s top TV hosts and a former pop star in the band SMAP, announced today that he was retiring to take responsibility over sexual assault allegations. Weekly magazine ...

Nakai was a leader of SMAP, a five-member singing and dancing male band, which debuted in 1988 and quickly surged to stardom in Japan and across Asia until it was disbanded in 2016. Major Japanese ...

Masahiro Nakai (pic) said in a statement to his paid ... dropping the 52-year-old former member of the hugely popular group SMAP. The allegations concern a 2023 encounter with the woman that ...

The resignations of the top officials of the Tokyo-based company come amid allegations against Nakai, who rose to fame as a member of the now-defunct pop group SMAP. The scandal has placed the network ...