Major TV networks are scrambling to deal with programs emceed by former SMAP member Masahiro Nakai ... Nakai that his scenes would be cut from the show. The network officials said Nakai asked ...

The famed former TV host is a member of the now disbanded top J-pop boy band Smap. “My honest feeling ... In the light of the scandal, he retired from show business in January.

The report centers on Masahiro Nakai, a former leader of Japan’s once-popular boy band SMAP, and how Fuji Television handled the 2023 case. The allegations surfaced in December and triggered ...

Nakai, 52, was a member of the hugely popular male idol group SMAP before it disbanded in 2016. Since late last year, multiple publications have reported on his alleged sexual misconduct toward a ...