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

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

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

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

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

The Japanese network Fuji Television and its parent company say its president and chairperson have resigned over a widening ...

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

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 ...

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Masahiro Nakai, a popular TV host who was a member of the former pop group SMAP and is embroiled in a sexual misconduct scandal, said Thursday he has retired from show business.

The chairman and president of Japan's Fuji Television resigned Monday, weeks after a celebrity presenter and former pop star ...

Weekly magazines have reported that Nakai, once a member of the disbanded pop idol group SMAP, had an unspecified problem with a woman in 2023 and paid her settlement money. The magazines also say ...