TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Masahiro Nakai, a popular TV host who was a member of the former pop group SMAP and is embroiled in a sexual misconduct scandal, said Thursday he has retired from show business.

ONE of Japan’s biggest boy band stars and best-known television hosts announced his retirement on Thursday after being ...

TOKYO: One of Japan's biggest boy band stars and best-known television hosts announced his retirement on Thursday (Jan 23) ...

Advertisers flee major Japanese TV channel amid sexual assault claims against star presenter - Scandal has raised questions ...

Japanese TV network Fuji faces mass advertiser exodus after allegations of covering up sexual assault claims against host ...

Toyota, Shiseido among dozens of firms to pull ads from Japan's Fuji TV network over sex scandal - Broadcaster Fuji ...

Dozens of major Japanese companies have pulled their commercials from broadcaster Fuji Television amid allegations company ...

The reports, which emerged last month, said that Masahiro Nakai, a 52-year-old former member of the hugely popular group SMAP, had paid a woman a lump sum of 90 million yen (US$570,000). That was to ...

Emperor Naruhito offered greetings Thursday in his New Year's address, expressing hope for a peaceful year while voicing concern for people affected by natural disasters. Accompanied by his wife ...

A growing number of Japanese people appear to be breaking with the country's tradition of sending New Year's greeting cards, as rising prices of daily goods are forcing them to cut back on spending.

Abstract: Presents corrections to the paper, Errata to “Improved SMAP Soil Moisture Retrieval Using a Deep Neural Network-Based Replacement of Radiative Transfer and Roughness Model”.