A popular TV host admitted trying to conceal a sexual assault complaint. This time, the reaction was swift and harsh, and ...
Former star of J-pop band SMAP Masahiro Nakai resigned after several damning reports and suspicions that broadcasting giant ...
Japan's Fuji Media Holdings has held an emergency board meeting after 80 advertisers, including the likes of Toyota, McDonald ...
As J-pop superstar and TV host Masahiro Nakai announces his retirement over sexual misconduct allegations, AFP looks at recent scandals in Japan's media and entertainment industry: ...
Masahiro Nakai, former member of the Japanese band SMAP and currently serving as a TV host and actor, announced on Thursday ...
Weekly magazine Shukan Bunshun has alleged that Fuji TV has long exploited its female announcers to entertain stars such as Nakai.
J-Pop star Masahiro Nakai retires amid sexual misconduct allegations. Brands and TV networks sever ties, triggering industry ...
Masahiro Nakai, a former member of the pop idol group SMAP who is embroiled in a sexual misconduct scandal, has apologized for causing "trouble." "It is true there was trouble" and it "all resulted ...
Nakai is a former member of the now-defunct Japanese pop idol group SMAP. The scandal surfaced in December when weekly magazines reported that the 52-year-old celebrity got into "trouble" with the ...
(Mainichi/Naoaki Hasegawa) TOKYO -- Masahiro Nakai, a former member of the now-defunct idol group SMAP, on Jan. 9 responded over a widely publicized scandal involving a woman, admitting to the ...