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

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Japanese TV host Masahiro Nakai, who was a member of the former pop group SMAP, said Thursday he has retired from show business following alleged sexual misconduct that led ...

Top brass at Japanese network giant Fuji Television and its parent company have stepped down following allegations involving ...

The Japanese network Fuji Television and its parent company say its president and chairperson are resigning immediately to ...

Nakai was a member of the now-disbanded SMAP -- part of Johnny ... his paid fan club saying he was stepping back from show business altogether. Nakai said he had "completed all discussions with TV ...

The scandal centers on Masahiro Nakai, a former leader of Japan's once-hugely popular boy band SMAP, and his costly ... allowing Nakai to appear on Fuji shows for a year and six months, he said ...

whose now-defunct agency Johnny & Associates once managed Nakai’s mega-popular boy band SMAP. Nakai announced his retirement from show business last week, citing responsibility for the ...

Fuji Media said its chairman Shuji Kanoh and the head of its TV unit, Koichi Minato ... “trouble” and announced his retirement from show business. He acknowledged reaching a settlement ...

Major TV networks are scrambling to deal with programs ... said they notified Nakai that his scenes would be cut from the show. The network officials said Nakai asked that his scenes be cut.

The scandal centers on Masahiro Nakai, a former leader of Japan’s once-hugely popular boy band SMAP, and his costly ... allowing Nakai to appear on Fuji shows for a year and six months, he ...

TOKYO, Jan 27 (Reuters) - (This Jan. 27 story has been corrected to fix text after Shukan Bunshun magazine said it reported in error that the dinner invitation had ...