TOKYO – One of Japan’s biggest pop stars and best-known television hosts, Masahiro Nakai, announced his retirement on Jan 2 3 over sexual misconduct allegations, reports said, in the latest scandal to ...

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 ...

Top brass at Japanese network giant Fuji Television and its parent company have stepped down following explosive allegations involving former SMAP frontman Masahiro Nakai and claims of a corporate ...

SMAP member Masahiro Nakai, 37, will serve as the main commentator on TBS during coverage of the upcoming Vancouver Olympics, the network announced this week. Nakai has held the position since the ...

TOKYO – Major network Fuji Television said on Jan 16 it was probing allegations involving one of Japan’s biggest celebrities after an activist investor said it was outraged by the lack of transparency ...

Masahiro Nakai is seen in this Feb. 21, 2020, file photo taken in Tokyo. (Mainichi/Naoaki Hasegawa) TOKYO -- Masahiro Nakai, a former member of the now-defunct idol group SMAP, on Jan. 9 responded ...

TOKYO — The head of Japan's Fuji Television network announced plans on Friday for an independent investigation into sexual misconduct allegations against one of the country's top celebrities and ...

Masahiro Nakai is seen in Tokyo's Minato Ward in this February 2020 file photo. (Mainichi/Naoaki Hasegawa) TOKYO -- Masahiro Nakai, an entertainer and former leader of the now-defunct popular Japanese ...

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