Shinobu Naito is a researcher at the Japan Institute for Labour Policy and Training. She tells NHK that she often hears that ...

Longtime Fuji Media Holdings Inc. executive Hisashi Hieda will step down from his role as managing adviser, the company said ...

RandBall: The Gophers are going for it. That’s always popular and often correct. Masahiro Nakai, one of Japan's top TV hosts and a former pop star, said Thursday he was retiring to take ...

TOKYO -- The recent sexual misconduct scandal involving former TV host Masahiro Nakai has brought to light the Japanese television industry's lack of awareness of women's rights. In particular, female ...

Tokyo Broadcasting Television Inc. (TBS) on Jan. 20 said it will scrap a regular TV program featuring Masahiro Nakai, the celebrity entertainer caught up in a sex scandal. “Nakai Masahiro no ...

TOKYO (TR) – A well-placed source told Sankei Sports (Mar. 25) on Monday that Fuji TV announcer Risa Kishimoto, 25, will be ...

TOKYO -- The Tokyo Metropolitan Government has announced ... or calling off the event during the broadcaster's press conference over former TV host Masahiro Nakai's scandal involving a woman. The ...

Toru Ota, a former chief of programming at Fuji Television Network Inc., said he continued hiring Masahiro Nakai despite learning early on about “trouble” between the celebrity and a woman at ...

Tokyo, March 27 (Jiji Press)--Fuji Media Holdings Inc., parent of scandal-embattled Fuji Television Network Inc., announced Thursday that Hisashi Hieda will step down as the two firms’ executive ...

Then Fuji Television Network Inc. President Koichi Minato struggles to answer tough questions from reporters during a news conference at company headquarters in Tokyo's Minato Ward, Jan. 27, 2025.