Masahiro Nakai, a former member of the pop idol group SMAP who is embroiled in a sexual misconduct scandal, has apologized for causing "trouble." "It is true there was trouble" and it "all resulted ...

The reports, which emerged in December 2024, said Masahiro Nakai, a 52-year-old former member of the hugely popular group Smap, had paid a woman a lump sum of 90 million yen (S$777,000).

(Mainichi/Naoaki Hasegawa) TOKYO -- Masahiro Nakai, a former member of the now-defunct idol group SMAP, on Jan. 9 responded over a widely publicized scandal involving a woman, admitting to the ...

The spiralling controversy involves Masahiro Nakai, the 52-year-old media personality who was the leader of defunct male idol group Smap, and mainstream broadcaster Fuji Television. It also ...

(Mainichi/Naoaki Hasegawa) TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Scenes featuring Masahiro Nakai, a former member of the pop idol group SMAP, were cut from a TV program aired Tuesday by Nippon Television Network Corp ...

The scandal surfaced last month when weekly magazines reported Nakai, a former member of the now-defunct Japanese pop idol group SMAP, got into "trouble" with a woman in 2023 and paid her ...

Nakai is a former member of the now-defunct Japanese pop idol group SMAP. The scandal surfaced in December when weekly magazines reported that the 52-year-old celebrity got into "trouble" with the ...

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According to the report, Nakai, a former member of boy band SMAP, was supposed to have dinner with a Fuji TV executive and a woman. But the executive backed out at the last minute, leaving Nakai ...

Major TV networks are scrambling to deal with programs emceed by former SMAP member Masahiro Nakai, who is caught up in an alleged sex scandal. Nakai, 52, once belonged to the hugely popular male ...

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