The group have decided to disband following member Taichi Kokubun’s hiatus over a misconduct scandal. Read more at ...

Fuji Media announced an overhaul of its leadership team after it came under fire for a botched response to a sex scandal involving Masahiro Nakai, a former member of the pop group SMAP.

Fuji Television CEO Shimizu Kenji on June 19 directly apologized to a former Fuji TV employee concerning the sexual assault scandal by former boy band SMAP member Nakai Masahiro. A third party panel ...

The scandal centres around TV host and J-pop megastar Masahiro Nakai, 52, who a leading tabloid magazine said carried out a sexual act without a woman's consent in 2023.

The company also demoted the then-head of programming for his alleged secondary harassment of the victim, a former Fuji TV announcer.

Communication records revealed how former TV host Masahiro Nakai duped a woman he later sexually assaulted and highlighted the indifference that he and a Fuji TV official felt for the traumatized ...

His removal from the Nippon Television program comes amid increased scrutiny of Japan's entertainment industry following recent revelations such as a sexual misconduct scandal that emerged at Fuji ...

Tokyo, June 20 (Jiji Press)--Fuji Television Network Inc. has said President Kenji Shimizu apologized to a former employee and agreed to compensate her over the company's handling of a sexual ...

Fuji TV settled with the victim of a “sexual violence” incident — which occurred as an extension of the company’s operations involving former TV personality Masahiro Nakai and a former ...

Japanese pop group Tokio, formerly part of Johnny & Associates Inc., says it has decided to disband following member Taichi ...

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- A member of Japanese all-male pop group Tokio has been removed from a popular TV program due to past conduct that breached compliance ...

India-West Staff Reporter LA PALMA, CA – The Shivaji Maharaj Antarrashtriya Parivar (SMAP) – Los Angeles Chapter commemorated Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Jayanti with the theme “Bhakti for ...