best known as a member of the now-defunct pop group SMAP, and a woman. Koichi Minato, who also announced the establishment of a new investigation panel led by lawyers, said that while the network ...

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Japanese TV host Masahiro Nakai, who was a member of the former pop group SMAP, said Thursday he has retired from show business following alleged sexual misconduct that led ...

In a statement released on his website, the 52-year-old former member of the now-defunct boy band SMAP said terminations and cancellations of contracts involving his TV and radio programs have all ...

This undated file photo released by Jiji Press on Jan 20 shows Masahiro Nakai, a former member of the J-Pop boy band sensation SMAP and a celebrity television host, in Tokyo. (AFP pic) One of ...

Weekly magazines have reported that Nakai, once a member of the disbanded pop idol group SMAP, had an unspecified problem with a woman in 2023 and paid her settlement money. The magazines also say ...

According to the report, Nakai, a former member of boy band SMAP, was supposed to have dinner with a Fuji TV executive and a woman. But the executive backed out at the last minute, leaving Nakai ...

The spiralling controversy involves Masahiro Nakai, the 52-year-old media personality who was the leader of defunct male idol group Smap ... Only members of the press club could attend ...

Fuji TV announced in a press conference on Monday that its president Koichi Minato has stepped down, following a scandal centering on former SMAP member and TV host Masahiro Nakai. The new ...

The U.S. Military Academy at West Point has ordered a dozen cadet clubs focused on ethnicity and gender to disband in ...

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 ...