TOKYO – Major TV networks have distanced themselves from one of Japan’s biggest 1990s boy band stars, after media reports said he paid a woman a large settlement related to alleged sexual misconduct.

TOKYO (AP) — The head of Japan's Fuji Television network announced plans on Friday for an independent investigation into sexual misconduct allegations against one of the country's top celebrities and ...

TOKYO (AP) — 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 ...

Top brass at Japanese network giant Fuji Television and its parent company have stepped down following explosive allegations involving former SMAP frontman Masahiro Nakai and claims of a corporate ...

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

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 the ...

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 broadcaster said, amid magazine reports of ...