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

The allegations concern a 2023 encounter with a woman that involved a closed-door setting and a “sexual act against her will” ...

The 52-year-old former SMAP member said his contracts had been wound up, and that negotiations with sponsors were in progress ...

Japanese TV host Masahiro Nakai announces retirement after sexual misconduct allegations - ‘I will continue to face my ...

Japanese TV network Fuji faces mass advertiser exodus after allegations of covering up sexual assault claims against host ...

This alleged sex scandal is another dark chapter for Japan’s entertainment industry, which has not recovered from the Johnny ...

One of Japan’s biggest pop stars and best-known TV hosts, Masahiro Nakai, announced his retirement Thursday, Jan. 23, over ...

Fuji Television Network Inc. has established a third-party investigation committee in response to a weekly magazine report ...

One of Japan's best-known pop stars and TV hosts announced his retirement Thursday after sexual misconduct allegations, in ...

Nakai, 52, reportedly paid a woman $791,000 after she alleged sexual misconduct. Read more at straitstimes.com.

Observers say the former boy band member's fall from grace echoes music mogul Johnny Kitagawa's decades of sexual abuse Japan ...

Former star of J-pop band SMAP Masahiro Nakai resigned after several damning reports and suspicions that broadcasting giant ...