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 roiling Japan's ...

Japanese TV host Masahiro Nakai announces retirement after sexual misconduct allegations - ‘I will continue to face my problems and will respond in good faith,’ says former boy band member ...

The Japanese network Fuji Television and its parent company say its president and chairperson have resigned over a widening ...

Nakai’s decision came following reports that he engaged in non-consensual sexual activity with a woman that led to a settlement with the victim.

Japan radio and TV stations and companies are suspending advertisements and upcoming episodes of programs featuring Masahiro Nakai, a former ...

It is not just pop culture that is facing a reckoning. Last year a female prosecutor in Osaka, in west of Japan, accused a ...

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Fuji TV's Chairman and President have resigned over the handling of the sexual misconduct scandal involving TV presenter ...

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 ...

“I, Masahiro Nakai, am retiring from show business as ... often referred to at the time as a “national treasure” by the Japanese. After the group disbanded in December 2016, Nakai continued ...

Masahiro Nakai, one of Japan's top TV hosts and a former pop star, says he is retiring to take responsibility over sexual assault allegations TOKYO -- Masahiro Nakai, one of Japan’s top TV hosts ...

TOKYO — 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 roiling ...