August 18, 1972.A boy was born in Fujisawa City, Kanagawa Prefecture.He is the person who would later become the leader of ...

A two-month investigation headed by an independent team commissioned by Fuji TV concluded on March 31 that host Masahiro Nakai had indeed committed sexual assault against a female newscaster at the ...

FILE - This photo released by China's Xinhua News Agency shows Masahiro Nakai, one of Japanese pop group SMAP members, posing for a photo during an exclusive interview with Xinhua in Beijing, Sept. 14 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Major Japanese advertisers are fleeing broadcast powerhouse Fuji Television following an alleged sex scandal involving former boy ...

TOKYO – A former Fuji Television employee expressed both relief and frustration in a statement on April 1 after a third-party panel report concluded she was sexually assaulted by Masahiro Nakai. The ...

A leading Japanese tabloid magazine reported in December 2024 that Fuji TV’s celebrity presenter Masahiro Nakai had performed a sexual act without a woman’s consent. The accusations led to Nakai, 52, ...

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 Japan's ...