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

Top brass at Japanese network giant Fuji Television and its parent company have stepped down following allegations involving ...

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

Masahiro Nakai, a former member of the now-defunct idol group SMAP, on Jan. 9 responded over a widely publicized scandal involving a woman, a ...

The 52-year-old former SMAP member said his contracts had been wound up, and that negotiations with sponsors were in progress ...

Japan's Fuji Media said on Monday its chairman and the head of its TV unit would step down immediately amidst a probe into ...

The Japanese network Fuji Television and its parent company say its president and chairperson are resigning immediately to ...

Nakai, 52, was a member of the hugely popular male idol group SMAP before it disbanded in 2016. Since late last year, multiple publications have reported on his alleged sexual misconduct toward a ...

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Japanese TV host Masahiro Nakai, who was a member of the former pop group SMAP, said Thursday he has retired ...

One of Japan's biggest pop stars and best-known TV hosts, Masahiro Nakai, announced his retirement Thursday over sexual misconduct allegations, reports said, in the latest scandal to rock Japan's ...

A Japanese tabloid reported that it involved a sexual act against the victim's will. Read more at straitstimes.com.

Scenes featuring Masahiro Nakai, a former member of the pop idol group SMAP, were cut from a TV program aired Tuesday by Nippon Television Network Corp., the broadcaster said, amid magazine ...