BY C STONE |STONE NEWS NETWORK
A major sex scandal has broken loose at Fuji Television in Japan, causing dozens of advertisers to pull their money and switch to other competitors.
This juicy scandal involves Masahiro Nakai, a former member of the boy band SMAP and now a host at Fuji and other Japanese networks.
He's been linked by local media to an alleged sexual assault at a party arranged by one of Fuji TV's staff.
Shukan Bunshun, a weekly Japanese magazine, has revealed a $580,000 USD or 90 million yen payout between Nakai and a woman over sexual assault at a 2023 dinner party.
Multiple publications accused Nakai, 52, a former member of the now-disbanded popular male idol group SMAP, of sexual misconduct toward a woman.
Major advertisers such as Nissan, Toyota, Cosmetics maker Shiseido, Seven & Holding Co, life insurer Meiji Yasuda said they were removing their ads from the network immediately.
About 49 other companies did the same.
According to AP:
Fuji only publicly announced the inquiry after one of its largest shareholders, Rising Sun Management, criticized the company and demanded a full investigation and appropriate action. Rising Sun is an affiliate of the U.S. investment management firm Dalton Investment.
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