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: ...

Leading Japanese media company accused of mishandling incident involving Masahiro Nakai and unidentified woman ...

Masahiro Nakai, former member of the Japanese band SMAP and currently serving as a TV host and actor, announced on Thursday ...

Nakai’s decision came following reports that he engaged in non-consensual sexual activity with a woman that led to a ...

Japanese TV host Masahiro Nakai, one of the country's most recognisable faces on television, announced on Thursday that he ...

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

J-Pop star Masahiro Nakai retires amid sexual misconduct allegations. Brands and TV networks sever ties, triggering industry ...

Japan's TV giant Fuji has lost nearly 30% of its blue-chip advertisers after allegations against its star presenter surfaced.

Japan’s Fuji TV is grappling with a major crisis over its handling of a sexual assault scandal surrounding star presenter ...

TOKYO (AP) — Dozens of major Japanese companies have pulled their commercials on Fuji Television amid allegations company ...

SMAP data are currently experiencing a data outage. The SMAP Science Data Systems (SDS), located at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in Pasadena, California, is closed and unable to process data ...

The reports, which emerged last month, said that 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 (US$570,000). That was to ...