The effects of a major TV network scandal continue to be felt as businesses pull sponsorship from their family-friendly anime ...

Private equity giant KKR (KKR) has upped its offer price for Japan-based IT company Fuji Soft in its ongoing complex takeover battle with U.S. rival Bain Capital (BCSF). Bain Could Come Back with ...

shortfall in Fuji TV's ad revenue, with the network likely posting a loss. The ripple effects are hitting Fuji TV's 28 regional affiliates, which rely heavily on ad revenue. Sponsors have either ...

Tokyo, Feb. 5 (Jiji Press)--Fuji Media Holdings Inc. said Wednesday that it will set up a panel this month to discuss ways to rebuild Fuji Television Network Inc., a subsidiary mired in a sex ...

Fuji TV, one of Japan’s five major commercial television networks, has been rocked by a slew of scandal–led executive resignations, advertiser exits, and public backlash. Fuji TV is accused ...

Fuji Media Holdings said Wednesday that it will set up a panel this month to discuss ways to rebuild Fuji Television Network, a subsidiary mired in a sex scandal involving former TV host Masahiro ...

Then Fuji Television Network Inc. president Koichi Minato struggles to answer tough questions from reporters during a news conference at Fuji TV headquarters in Tokyo's Minato Ward, Jan. 27 ...

Igor Prusa is a Prague-based Japanologist and media theorist, and author of "Scandal in Japan" (Routledge 2024). Traditionally, Japan has been perceived as a culture of consensus and harmony.

The chairman and president of Japan's Fuji Television resigned Monday, weeks after a celebrity presenter was accused of sexual assault, causing a public relations storm and the mass exit of ...

The catalyst for the crisis at Fuji was a report by a local tabloid in December that a prominent TV host sexually harassed a woman. The star, Masahiro Nakai, acknowledged ‘trouble’ for which ...