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 ...

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 ...

Akira Takeuchi, second from right, front row, head of the third-party panel probing a scandal involving famous former TV host Masahiro Nakai and its handling by Fuji Television Network Inc ...

A third-party report on a series of scandals at Fuji TV has shed light on not only the "sexual violence" committed by TV personality Masahiro Nakai against a female newscaster at the network but ...

An independent panel concluded in a report that a female employee of the network was sexually assaulted by TV personality Nakai Masahiro. It presented the report to Fuji TV and its parent company ...

The allegations surfaced in December and triggered claims of systematic cover-ups by Fuji TV executives. Public outrage led to advertising losses at Fuji, one of the networks where Nakai worked.

ANN confirmed this past Sunday's episode aired Geo and OIC Group commercials along with commercials for Fuji TV productions and non-profit public service announcements from AC Japan. The Fuji TV ...

The committee, chaired by lawyer Akira Takeuchi, was set up by Fuji TV and its parent company, Fuji Media Holdings Inc., to investigate how the companies handled the case. In its report released ...

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 ...

While Fuji TV hopes that the announcement will be a step toward regaining trust, an official of a major company said, "We cannot easily decide (on whether to resume commercials on the TV network)." ...

The president of Japanese commercial broadcaster Fuji Television has conveyed his apology to a woman who was sexually assaulted by a TV personality when she was an announcer for the network.

Sponsors subsequently pulled their advertisements from Fuji TV and Masahiro was dropped from his shows. The latter, formerly an idol in one of Asia's top boy bands Smap in the 1990s, retired in ...