The scandal centers on Masahiro Nakai, a former leader of Japan's once-hugely popular boy band SMAP, and his costly settlement with a woman over the alleged sex assault at a 2023 dinner party that ...

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

Japanese media are still failing to report sexual assault cases properly, a key figure in the country's nascent #MeToo movement told AFP in the wake of the scandal surrounding celebrity Masahiro Nakai ...

One of Japan’s most popular comedians, 61-year-old Hitoshi Matsumoto, has also been accused of sexual assault by two women.

Tabloid magazine Josei Seven publishes a scoop saying Nakai paid an unnamed woman a lump sum of 90 million ... that there had been no physical violence involved. US fund Dalton Investments ...

TOKYO, Jan. 9 (Xinhua) -- Police in the southernmost Japan prefecture of Okinawa have referred a sexual assault case involving a U.S. Marine to prosecutors, local media reported, the latest in a ...

Masahiro Nakai, one of Japan’s top TV hosts and a former ... €558,000) settlement with a woman over the alleged sex assault at a 2023 dinner party that Fuji TV staff allegedly helped to ...

Japan’s Fuji ... was accused of sexual assault, causing a public relations storm and mass exit of advertisers. The 52-year-old Nakai reportedly later paid the woman 90 million yen ($580,000 ...

The Home Office's efforts to address violence against women and girls have not yet improved outcomes for victims, according to the public spending watchdog. Described as a "significant and growing ...

The scandal unfolded after reports revealed Nakai paid a settlement to a woman accusing him ... a TV host and former pop star in Japan, retires after sexual assault report (Image credits: AP) ...

The scandal centers on Masahiro Nakai, a former leader of Japan’s once-hugely popular boy band SMAP, and his costly settlement with a woman over the alleged sex assault at a 2023 dinner party.