Jan 23, 2025 · TOKYO (AP) — Masahiro Nakai, one of Japan’s top TV hosts and a former pop star, said Thursday he was retiring to take responsibility over sexual assault allegations that are part of a wave roiling Japan’s entertainment industry and have triggered an avalanche of lost advertising at one of the networks where he worked.. Weekly magazine Shukan Bunshun reported in December that Nakai had ...

Jan 23, 2025 · File photo shows Masahiro Nakai speaking at a press conference in Tokyo in February 2020. (Kyodo) Nakai's scandal also spilled over to Fuji Television Network Inc. for its alleged involvement in the matter and the lack of transparency in its explanation, with many major Japanese companies pulling ads from the Tokyo-based broadcaster, including ...

Jan 23, 2025 · TOKYO -- Masahiro Nakai, one of Japan’s top TV hosts and a former pop star, said Thursday he was retiring to take responsibility over sexual assault allegations that are part of a wave roiling ...

2 days ago · This photo taken in 2013 shows Masahiro Nakai, a former member of the J-Pop boy band sensation SMAP and a celebrity television host, at an event in Tokyo. STR/JIJI Press/AFP via Getty Images

3 days ago · Masahiro Nakai was accused of sexually assaulting a woman at a 2023 dinner party allegedly organised by Fuji TV staff. He announced his retirement from show business last week.

Jan 23, 2025 · Masahiro Nakai, a host on Fuji TV, allegedly sexually assaulted a woman at a dinner party in 2023. ... Nakai soared to stardom in the 1990s as the leader of Japanese boy band SMAP, one of Asia's ...

3 days ago · Masahiro Nakai was accused of sexually assaulting a woman at a 2023 dinner party allegedly organised by Fuji TV staff. He announced his retirement from show business last week.

Jan 23, 2025 · 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 entertainment industry.

Jan 23, 2025 · TOKYO (AP): Masahiro Nakai, one of Japan’s top TV hosts and a former pop star, said Thursday he was retiring to take responsibility over sexual assault allegations that are part of a wave ...

Jan 23, 2025 · TOKYO (AP) — Masahiro Nakai, one of Japan’s top TV hosts and a former pop star, said Thursday he was retiring to take responsibility over sexual assault allegations that are part of a wave ...