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Yahoo
27-01-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Top Fuji TV Execs Resign Amid Sex Scandal Allegations, Independent Probe
Fuji TV chairman Shuji Kano and president and CEO Koichi Minato have resigned in the wake of a widening sexual assault scandal around a 2023 dinner that the Japanese network is alleged to have organized at which a former member of the now-disbanded pop idol group SMAP is claimed to have assaulted a woman. Kano and Minato announced they were stepping down during a press conference at the Fuji TV headquarters in Tokyo on Monday, the Associated Press reported. More from The Hollywood Reporter Japanese Stars Join Cast of Anky Cyriaque's 'Seasons' (Exclusive) Jews Depicted on TV Play Down Their Identity: Study 'Marie Antoinette,' 'Of Money and Blood' Among Unifrance TV Export Award Nominees Fuji Media Holdings, parent of Fuji TV, has launched an independent probe into the 2023 dinner at which the celebrity TV host and former pop star Nakai Masahiro is alleged to have assaulted a woman and subsequently paid out a settlement. The allegations emerged in December 2024 magazine stories in Japan and led Monday to Fuji TV chairman Shuji Kano and president Koichi Minato stepping down amid an internal probe at FMH launched and involving third-party investigators. 'We are very sorry that we mishandled the case because of our lack of awareness about human rights and corporate governance … and as a result our responses to the involved woman were inadequate. We are very sorry to have destroyed our credibility,' Minato told the Tokyo press conference on Monday. In a statement, FMH said it 'sincerely apologizes to our stakeholders for any inconveniences and concerns arising from recent reports involving our subsidiary, Fuji Television Network.' The parent company has faced an exodus of audience and advertisers in the wake of the widening sexual assault scandal involving Fuji TV, one the other country's biggest television networks. FMH added the internal investigation would probe any possible involvement of Fuji TV and FMH in the 'incident' surrounding the 2023 dinner, the possibility of 'other similar incidents,' and whether a cover up at Fuji TV where Masahiro worked followed the alleged sexual assault, as has been claimed. Associated Press contributed to this report. Best of The Hollywood Reporter 'Yellowstone' and the Sprawling Dutton Family Tree, Explained A 'Star Wars' Timeline: All the Movies and TV Shows in the Franchise What the 'House of the Dragon' Cast Starred in Before the 'Game of Thrones' Spinoff
BBC News
27-01-2025
- Entertainment
- BBC News
Japan's Fuji TV: Top executives resign after Masahiro Nakai sex scandal
The chairman and president of Fuji TV, one of Japan's biggest networks, have resigned in the wake of a sexual misconduct allegation against a famous TV of companies have pulled their advertisements from the network, which was criticised for trying to cover up the Nakai was accused of sexually assaulting a woman at a 2023 party held by Fuji TV staff. He announced his retirement from show business last Japanese government has called on Fuji TV to regain trust from viewers and sponsors. In a press conference on Monday, Fuji TV chairman Shuji Kano and president Koichi Minato bowed as they announced their apologised to the viewers as well as stakeholders for the trouble and anxiety caused in a scandal that has rocked Japan's entertainment had previously confirmed that the company did not disclose Nakai's scandal despite being aware of it long before it was reported in the emerged last month that the TV host had paid the unnamed woman more than half a million dollars. More allegations then surfaced that a Fuji TV employee had helped to arrange the a former member of boy band SMAP and a household name, has denied using violence against the woman. He said on 9 January that he had "resolved" the matter with her through a this did little to quell public manufacturers Nissan and Toyota were among the companies that pulled advertising from Fuji this month, the network suspended a weekly show hosted by Nakai while other major networks have also dropped the TV has since set up an independent committee to investigate the scandal.
