It all started with an “incident” involving a woman in her twenties and Nakai Masahiro, former member of boy band SMAP (which disbanded in 2016). While Fuji TV’s Chairman Kanō Shūji and ...

Longtime Fuji Media Holdings Inc executive Hisashi Hieda stepped down Thursday from the company's management advisory panel as its broadcasting unit remains under fire for its handling of a sexual ...

Longtime Fuji Media Holdings Inc. executive Hisashi Hieda stepped down Thursday from the company's management advisory panel as its b ...

Nakai didn't admit guilt and denied using force against the woman. But he apologised for "causing trouble" in a statement and ...

At its heart was Masahiro Nakai, a household name and leading presenter for Fuji TV, one of the country's biggest broadcasters. Nakai, who is also a former member of J-pop boy band SMAP ...

According to the reports, a dinner party had been planned for a number of people, including Nakai, 52, and an employee of Fuji Television Network ... idol in the popular SMAP group, surfaced.

Major network Fuji Television said it was probing allegations ... a member of the 1990s boy band sensation SMAP, met the woman in 2023. United States fund Dalton Investments’ affiliate Rising ...

who rose to fame as the leader of the hugely popular boy band SMAP, was accused of sexually assaulting a woman at a party allegedly organized by broadcaster Fuji Television. The resulting scandal ...

Fuji TV has denied those allegations but said last ... The share price of Fuji Media was down 8.4% on Thursday. The now-disbanded SMAP swept the charts in Japan and across Asia during the group ...