Sexual Assault Scandal Shakes Japanese Entertainment Industry

[maclou]

Masahiro Nakai’s Alleged Sex Scandal Prompts Advertiser Exodus at Japanese TV Giant Fuji https://t.co/dNteoLV6za
- Variety (@Variety) January 21, 2025

Masahiro Nakai, a former member of the boy band SMAP, is retiring from the Japanese entertainment industry following reports that he harassed a woman and that an employee of Fuji TV was involved in

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[kawaiiairbender]

Glad he's gone and that the woman was able to find a lawyer to take on her face.

It's hard enough to deal with an assualt and with a powerful person it probably seemed insurmountable :(
I can't imagine the dread of going to a work thing and being left alone/tricked. You'd already be on edge and then your worst fears actually happens.

I hope for continued healing for her and justice for others that were likely put in the same situation

[koushiba]

me too OP. when he said "I paid her off so I can come back with a clean conscience," or whatever I was like, BLEH but watch him come back 🙄

I'm glad I don't have to see his face anymore. I always thought he was creepy, especially when people would ship him with Rola. urgh.

The stuff about Fuji TV is so disturbing.

[boku_no_hanabi]

Omg MBS news did a report on this and apparently they had an hour and a half press conference, banned cameras (only allowed audio recording and photos) and then refused to answer most of the questions.

The director/CEO (not sure if he was the shacho?) was just basically saying “we can’t talk about certain things to respect the privacy of the defendant” but it obviously made the press really pissed because it was from something that happened a year and a half before and Fuji TV tried to cover it up.

At that point, only 45 sponsors had pulled out so it’s amazing that in only a few more days, 30 more have pulled.

[maclou]

Yes I wanted to add about that too but I didn’t want to go on for too long but yeah the president did a press con and made everything even worse for them!

[setsuna16]

Nakai? They took Nakai down? I mean, I'm glad they did for pulling that, but he was, like... Japan's highest tax payer for years and stuff, so he's a big name!

[__planitbremix]

I am legit shocked!!

[smilla_sini]

Aren't their entertainment agencies also connected to literal mafia? Somehow this disgusting system doesn't surprise me much, more surprised that they got caught.
Hope she is safe now, and from batshit stans too.

[lovelylaura23]

Sadly yeah. Much like HK and the triad, the yakuza control much of the entertainment industry

https://www.thedailybeast.com/the-yakuza-are-running-japans-hollywood/

https://gangstersinc.org/2013/10/24/hong-kong-triads-and-their-lucrative-movie-industry/