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 ...

Major TV networks are scrambling to deal with programs emceed by former SMAP member Masahiro ... Tokyo Broadcasting System Television Inc. (TBS) has two programs emceed by Nakai, while TV Asahi ...

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 -- Japan radio and TV stations and companies are suspending advertisements and upcoming episodes of programs featuring Masahiro Nakai, a former member of the now-defunct idol group SMAP ...

Masahiro Nakai is pictured in this file photo taken in Tokyo's Minato Ward on Feb. 21, 2020. (Mainichi/Naoaki Hasegawa) TOKYO -- Lawyers representing former Japanese television personality ...

TOKYO (AP) — The president and chairperson ... The scandal centers on Masahiro Nakai, a former leader of Japan's once-hugely popular boy band SMAP, and his costly settlement with a woman over ...

TOKYO – An independent panel investigating ... reported in December 2024 that Fuji TV’s celebrity presenter Masahiro Nakai had performed a sexual act without a woman’s consent.

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 ...