Japanese pop group Tokio, formerly part of Johnny & Associates Inc., says it has decided to disband following member Taichi ...

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 ...

TV host Masahiro Nakai was allowed to appear in shows for around 1½ years after top executives learnt of the incident. PHOTO: AFP Follow topic: Sex offences Published Apr 02, 2025, 03:55 PM ...

Former SMAP star Nakai Masahiro’s alleged involvement in sexual misconduct has rocked the entertainment world and Fuji TV in particular. Company executives have stepped down, but Hieda Hisashi ...

Masahiro Nakai, a former member of the legendary Japanese pop group SMAP, has been at the center of a shocking sex scandal that has rocked Fuji TV, one of Japan’s major networks. With allegations of a ...

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 the alleged sex assault at a 2023 dinner party that ...

The scandal centres on Masahiro Nakai, a former leader of Japan’s once-hugely popular boy band SMAP, and his costly settlement with a woman over the alleged sex assault at a 2023 dinner party ...

Nakai was a member of the now-disbanded SMAP — part of Johnny & Associates’s lucrative stable — that swept the charts in Japan and across Asia during the band’s nearly 30 years of fame. Masahiro Nakai ...

Reports emerged in December that Nakai, who since the demise of Smap has become a successful TV host, had paid an unnamed woman a lump sum of 90 million yen (S$780,000). The allegations concern a ...

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 ...