She had dined with Nakai before, but there were always other people, including Fuji TV staff members, present. Before dinner time on June 2, Nakai asked the announcer to join him at his condominium.

The committee recognized that the sexual violence suffered by a female announcer at Fuji TV from now-retired entertainer Masahiro Nakai occurred as an “extension of business operations.” ...

Fuji TV said Monday that Shimizu sees his monthly remuneration cut by 50 pct. Other directors, excluding outside board members, who have already resigned, receive 30 pct pay reductions.

The report on Monday centred on Masahiro Nakai, a former leader of Japan’s once-popular boy band SMAP, and how Fuji TV handled the 2023 case in which Nakai allegedly sexually assaulted a Fuji ...

A third-party panel probing Fuji Television Network Inc and its handling of a scandal involving famous former TV host Masahiro Nakai has concluded he sexually assaulted a female employee amid a ...

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- A third-party panel probing a scandal involving famous former TV host Masahiro Nakai and its handling by Fuji Television Network has concluded he sexually assaulted a female ...

The committee was set up in January to probe Fuji TV's response after a weekly magazine reported that he engaged in non-consensual sexual activity with a woman at a June 2023 dinner, later paying ...

He later reached a settlement with the woman. The allegations surfaced in December and triggered claims of systematic cover-ups by Fuji TV executives. Public outrage led to advertising losses at ...

Losing his job and status isn't enough - he should lose his freedom. Several weekly scandal magazines are running stories this week and last month stating that Fuji TV might sue the sexual predator ...

Fuji TV is back in the spotlight as the results of a third-party probe into a series of scandals involving the broadcaster and a TV celebrity are expected to be submitted by Monday, following more ...

A third-party panel that investigated a series of scandals involving Fuji TV and former TV star Masahiro Nakai concluded that he committed “sexual violence” against an unnamed woman for which ...