The Japanese police have arrested a man after he was found lying in his employee's bed, only wearing his underwear. The ...

Fuji Media Holdings Inc. said Thursday it will pursue legal action against two former top officials of its television network subsidiary over a sexual misconduct scandal involving popular TV host ...

A third-party panel set up by Fuji Television and its parent company says it will refrain from communicating with lawyers representing former TV personality Nakai Masahiro in the alleged sexual ...

Distress is spreading in Japan’s auto sector, putting into question Tokyo’s approach to trade negotiations with the United States. By River Akira Davis and Kiuko Notoya Reporting from Yokohama ...

The report centers on Masahiro Nakai, a former leader of Japan’s once-popular boy band SMAP, and how Fuji Television handled the 2023 case in which Nakai allegedly sexually assaulted a Fuji ...

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.

A career-ending sex scandal involving one of Japan’s most bankable stars has snowballed into ... the 52-year-old media personality who was the leader of defunct male idol group Smap, and mainstream ...

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 ...

Japan’s Fuji Media says its chairman and the ... Nakai, a former member of the boy band SMAP, which swept charts across Asia in the 1990s and 2000s, announced his retirement on Thursday after ...

TOKYO (The Straits Times/ANN): A career-ending sex scandal involving one of Japan’s most bankable stars ... the leader of defunct male idol group Smap, and mainstream broadcaster Fuji Television.

Nakai was a member of the now-disbanded SMAP -- part of Johnny & Associates's lucrative stable -- that swept the charts in Japan and across Asia during the band's nearly 30 years of fame. Reports ...

SMAP, an acronym for Sports Music Assemble People, was formed in 1988 and gained popularity in Japan and across Asia. Nakai served as the group’s leader until it disbanded in 2016. Earlier this ...