The spiralling controversy involves Masahiro Nakai, the 52-year-old media personality who was the leader of defunct male idol ...

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

Japanese TV host Masahiro Nakai, who was a member of the former pop group SMAP, said Thursday he has retired from show ...

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

Japanese TV host Masahiro Nakai, one of the country's most recognisable faces on television, has announced that he is ...

Fuji Television Network Inc. has established a third-party investigation committee in response to a weekly magazine report ...

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. Reports ...

Dozens of major Japanese companies have pulled their commercials from broadcaster Fuji Television amid allegations company ...

As J-pop superstar and TV host Masahiro Nakai announces his retirement over sexual misconduct allegations, AFP looks at recent scandals in Japan's media and entertainment industry: ...

Former star of J-pop band SMAP Masahiro Nakai resigned after several damning reports and suspicions that broadcasting giant ...

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Japanese TV host Masahiro Nakai, who was a member of the former pop group SMAP, said Thursday he has retired from show business following alleged sexual misconduct that led ...

Japanese media also confirmed and reported his ... including the one to which Nakai belonged, SMAP. Last Friday, Fuji TV President Koichi Minato acknowledged the company had been aware of the ...