A two-month investigation headed by an independent team commissioned by Fuji TV concluded on March 31 that host Masahiro Nakai had indeed committed sexual assault against a female newscaster at the ...

An independent investigation of a sexual assault case linked to one of Japan’s top celebrities says Fuji Television Network failed to support its female employee, adding that management lacked human ...

A third-party panel probing Fuji Television Network Inc. and its handling of a scandal involving famous former TV host ...

The famed former TV host is a member of the now disbanded top J-pop boy band Smap. “My honest feeling ... concern for helping the victim”. Nakai, 52, was allowed to appear in shows for around ...

Masahiro Nakai, one of Japan’s top TV hosts and a former pop star in the band SMAP, announced today that he was retiring to take responsibility over sexual assault allegations. Weekly magazine ...

A Japanese magazine reported in December 2024 that the 52-year-old had performed a sexual act without a woman’s consent. Read more at straitstimes.com.

The report centers on Masahiro Nakai, a former leader of Japan’s once-popular boy band SMAP, and how Fuji Television handled the 2023 case in which Nakai allegedly sexually assaulted a Fuji ...