A third-party panel set up by Fuji Television and its parent company says it will refrain from communicating with lawyers ...

A third-party panel set up by Fuji Television and its parent company has defended the appropriateness of the fact-finding process used to determine that TV personality Nakai Masahiro committed sexual ...

In Japan, the simple act of walking has long been connected to working toward enlightenment. By Pico Iyer Japan’s most celebrated poet, writing in the 17th century under the name of Matsuo Basho ...

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.

TOKYO -- What started as a sexual misconduct scandal by a former pop idol in Japan has turned into a corporate ... fame as a member of the pop group SMAP, which has broken up -- reportedly came ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Japan’s entertainment industry is in the midst of a wave of ... including the one to which Nakai belonged, SMAP. Last Friday, Fuji TV President Koichi Minato acknowledged the company had been aware of ...