As the daughter of Japanese pop stars and a beauty ambassador for fashion houses Bulgari and Chanel, Japanese starlet Koki is used to being in the public eye in her home country. However ...

Gearoid Reidy is a Bloomberg Opinion columnist covering Japan and the Koreas. He previously led the breaking news team in North Asia, and was the Tokyo deputy bureau chief. In many respects ...

The allegations concern a 2023 encounter with a woman that involved a closed-door setting and a “sexual act against her will”. Read more at straitstimes.com.

TOKYO (AP) — Masahiro Nakai, one of Japan’s top TV hosts and a former pop star, said Thursday he was retiring to take responsibility over sexual assault allegations that are part of a wave ...

One of Japan's biggest boy band stars and best-known television hosts announced his retirement on Thursday after being accused of sexual misconduct, Japanese media reported. Masahiro Nakai said in a ...

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FILE - This photo released by China's Xinhua News Agency shows Masahiro Nakai, one of Japanese pop group SMAP members, posing for a photo during an exclusive interview with Xinhua in Beijing ...

Masahiro Nakai, one of Japan’s top TV hosts and a former pop star in the band SMAP, announced today that he was retiring to take responsibility over sexual assault allegations. Weekly magazine ...