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Top Fuji TV Execs Exit Amid Alleged Sex Scandal Linked to Former Boy Band Star
Top brass at Japanese network giant Fuji Television and its parent company have stepped down following allegations involving Masahiro Nakai.
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 cover-up, the Associated Press reports. Network president Koichi Minato and chair Shuji Kanoh announced their immediate resignations Monday as fallout continues over Nakai’s alleged sexual assault of a woman at a 2023 dinner party — an event that Fuji TV staff purportedly helped orchestrate. While acknowledging the incident was treated as an “extraordinary” case requiring strict confidentiality, Minato denied any cover-up motivated by Nakai’s star status, though the network continued to feature him on air for 18 months after the alleged assault.
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