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

Women’s rights advocates in Japan are hoping the Fuji TV sexual assault scandal means some real change is happening.

T OKYO (AP) — Masahiro Nakai, one of Japan’s top TV hosts and a former pop star, said Thursday he was retiring to take responsibility over sexual assault allegations that are part of a wave ...

Observers say the former boy band member's fall from grace echoes music mogul Johnny Kitagawa's decades of sexual abuse Japan's Fuji Television ... turned-TV celebrity Masahiro Nakai, a case ...

Japan's Fuji Media said on Monday its chairman and the head of its TV unit would step down immediately amidst a probe into alleged sexual misconduct by a celebrity TV host.

The scandal centers on Masahiro Nakai, a former leader of Japan’s once-hugely popular boy band SMAP, and his costly settlement with a woman over the alleged sex assault at a 2023 dinner party.

The makeup of the committee is based on guidelines of Nichibenren (Japan Federation of Bar Associations ... and the committee members will be Yuko Gomi and Masahiro Terada, both lawyers.