Major TV networks are scrambling to deal with programs emceed by former SMAP member Masahiro Nakai, who is caught up in an alleged sex scandal. Nakai, 52, once belonged to the hugely popular male ...

TOKYO (AP) — Masahiro Nakai, one of Japan’s top ... including the one to which Nakai belonged, SMAP. Last Friday, Fuji TV President Koichi Minato acknowledged the company had been aware ...

How Fuji TV responds to the report will be crucial to restoring public trust — and could determine whether sponsors choose to ...

“I, Masahiro Nakai, will retire from entertainment activities ... He became a leader of super-popular idol group SMAP, which was formed in 1988. After SMAP broke up in December 2016, Nakai ...

The Japanese network Fuji Television and its parent company said Monday that its president and chairperson were resigning immediately to take responsibility for a widening sex assault scandal ...

Entertainer Masahiro Nakai, who has been accused of sexual misconduct ... Nakai, 52, was a member of the hugely popular male idol group SMAP before it disbanded in 2016. Since late last year ...

Longtime Fuji Media Holdings Inc. executive Hisashi Hieda will step down from his role as managing adviser, the company said ...

The advertising crisis erupted after weekly magazine Shukan Bunshun reported in December that Nakai, a former member of the mega-successful male group SMAP, had reached a JPY90 million ($577,000 ...

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 ...