Masahiro Nakai, one of Japan's top TV hosts and a former pop star, says he is retiring to take responsibility over sexual ...

The allegations concern a 2023 encounter with a woman that involved a closed-door setting and a “sexual act against her will” ...

One of Japan's best-known pop stars and TV hosts announced his retirement Thursday after sexual misconduct allegations, in ...

TOKYO: Japan’s Fuji Television Network has hired external lawyers to investigate a snowballing sex scandal surrounding pop star-turned-TV celebrity Masahiro Nakai, a case observers say reflects ...

Tokyo Broadcasting Television Inc. (TBS) on Jan. 20 said it will scrap a regular TV program featuring Masahiro Nakai, the celebrity entertainer caught up in a sex scandal. “Nakai Masahiro no ...

Masahiro Nakai is seen in this Feb. 21, 2020, file photo taken in Tokyo. (Mainichi/Naoaki Hasegawa) TOKYO -- Masahiro Nakai, a former member of the now-defunct idol group SMAP, on Jan. 9 responded ...

TOKYO — The head of Japan's Fuji Television ... country's top celebrities and company officials' suspected involvement. Masahiro Nakai, a former member of the SMAP boy band who is now a popular ...

TOKYO – Major network Fuji Television said ... TV host and former J-pop star Masahiro Nakai, 52, a household name, reportedly paid a woman 90 million yen (S$791,000) after she alleged sexual ...

Many major Japanese companies said Monday they are suspending commercials on Fuji Television Network Inc, as the broadcaster faces scrutiny over its alleged involvement in a misconduct scandal ...