The spiralling controversy involves Masahiro Nakai, the 52-year-old media personality who was the leader of defunct male idol ...

Masahiro Nakai, one of Japan's top TV hosts and a former pop star, says he is retiring to take responsibility over sexual ...

Japanese TV host Masahiro Nakai, who was a member of the former pop group SMAP, said Thursday he has retired from show ...

Japanese TV host Masahiro Nakai, one of the country's most recognisable faces on television, announced on Thursday that he ...

One of Japan's biggest pop stars and best-known TV hosts, Masahiro Nakai, announced his retirement Thursday, Jan. 23, over ...

The allegations concern a 2023 encounter with a woman that involved a closed-door setting and a “sexual act against her will” ...

Major sponsors such as carmakers Nissan and Toyota and the owner of 7-Eleven announced they were pulling ads from Fuji TV ...

Toru Ota, a former chief of programming at Fuji Television Network Inc., said he continued hiring Masahiro Nakai despite ...

Observers say the former boy band member's fall from grace echoes music mogul Johnny Kitagawa's decades of sexual abuse Japan ...

One of Japan’s biggest pop stars and best-known TV hosts, Masahiro Nakai, yesterday announced his retirement over sexual misconduct allegations, reports said, in the latest scandal to rock Japan’s ...

SMAP member allegedly engaged in sexual misconduct and Fuji TV is now facing criticism over its handling of the issue.