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    Who is Masahiro Nakai?
    TOKYO (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 roiling Japan's entertainment industry and have triggered an avalanche of lost advertising at one of the networks where he worked.

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    Is Nakai a member of SMAP?
    “The details of the trouble are protected between the parties involved,” a lawyer representing Nakai said in a statement, reported Asahi Shimbun. Nakai was a member of the five-member boy band SMAP, created in 1988 by music producer Johnny Kitagawa.

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    What happened to SMAP?
    The group released over 50 singles - many of which became chart toppers - and launched a weekly variety show on prime-time television. After SMAP disbanded in 2016, Nakai went on to become a television host as well as one of the wealthiest celebrities in Japan.

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    Did Nakai apologise to a woman in a sexual misconduct case?
    “Once again, I would like to extend my sincerest apologies to the other party as well,” he said, likely alluding to the woman in the sexual misconduct case. Nakai also said he will close his management company as well, once remaining procedures are completed.

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    Did Nakai reach a 90 million yen settlement with a woman?
    Weekly magazine Shukan Bunshun reported in December that Nakai had reached a 90 million yen ($580,000) settlement with a woman over the alleged sex assault at a 2023 dinner party that Fuji TV staff allegedly helped to organize. He acknowledged “a trouble” and a settlement, while denying any violence, in a statement earlier this month.

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    Did Nakai pay an unnamed woman a lump sum?
    Reports emerged last month that Nakai, 52, who since the demise of SMAP has become a successful television host, had paid an unnamed woman a lump sum of 90 million yen ($570,000).

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