As J-pop superstar and TV host Masahiro Nakai announces his retirement over sexual misconduct allegations, AFP looks at recent scandals in Japan's media and entertainment industry: ...
Dozens of major Japanese companies have pulled their commercials on Fuji Television amid allegations company officials tried ...
Masahiro Nakai, former leader of disbanded male pop group SMAP, will retire from show business over a scandal, he announced ...
Nakai, 52, was the leader of the now-disbanded Smap – part of Johnny & Associates’s lucrative stable – that swept the charts in Japan and across Asia during the boy band’s nearly 30 years ...
Masahiro Nakai's move comes after now-defunct boy band empire Johnny & Associates admitted in 2023 that its late founder ...