Fuji TV has been accused of cover-ups, mismanagement, and botched crisis response following allegations of sexual misconduct involving a celebrity TV personality.

T he Japanese broadcasting powerhouse Fuji TV is currently in the throes of a s*x scandal, one so big that it has led to the ...

The president and chairperson of Japanese network Fuji Television have resigned over a widening sex assault scandal linked to ...

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

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 that ...

whose now-defunct agency Johnny & Associates once managed Nakai’s mega-popular boy band SMAP. Nakai announced his retirement from show business last week, citing responsibility for the ...

Back in December, Japanese magazines accused Nakai — who led the former boy band SMAP — of sexual assault, for which he later paid a hefty settlement. According to the allegations, the ...

In December, Japanese magazines accused Masahiro Nakai, a TV host and leader of the former boy band SMAP, of sexual misconduct. While Nakai has worked for many of Japan’s TV networks ...

Nakai was a member of the now-disbanded SMAP — part of Johnny & Associates’s lucrative stable — that swept the charts in Japan and across Asia during the band’s nearly 30 years of fame.

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 ...