
TOKYO– The Japanese network Fuji Tv and its moms and dad business claimed Monday that its head of state and chairperson were surrendering promptly to take obligation for an expanding sex attack rumor connected to among Japan’s leading television celebs.
The rumor fixates Masahiro Nakai, a previous leader of Japan’s once-hugely preferred young boy band SMAP, and his pricey negotiation with a lady over the claimed sex attack at a 2023 supper celebration that Fuji television personnel supposedly aided to arrange.
The claims appeared in publication short articles in December and have actually considering that caused insurance claims of methodical whitewashes by Fuji television execs. The general public outrage over the absence of openness and description at the network’s earlier news conference this month have actually brought about an avalanche of advertising losses at Fuji, among the networks where Nakai functioned.
Fuji Tv Network Head of state Koichi Minato claimed his business messed up the situation.
” We are extremely sorry that we messed up the situation as a result of our absence of understanding concerning civils rights and business administration … and consequently our reactions to the entailed lady were insufficient,” Minato claimed. “We are extremely sorry to have actually damaged our reliability.”
Minato claimed the situation breached the lady’s civils rights, without offering information on premises of personal privacy. He claimed it was dealt with as an “remarkable” situation needing optimum privacy and level of sensitivity for the lady’s psychological health and wellness and was shared by a little team of authorities. The business had actually proceeded permitting Nakai to show up on Fuji reveals for a year and 6 months, he claimed, yet rejected hiding the situation due to the fact that it entailed a large celebrity.
Minato claimed he did not assume what took place was sexual offense which the situation was not reported to the business’s conformity workplace up until the publication record appeared
He likewise rejected a Fuji television staff member’s participation yet claimed claims that the staff member had actually formerly arranged barbeque and various other celebrations for Nakai required to be explored.
Fuji authorities likewise recognized that women commentators and various other women workers have in the previous got involved at celebrations for celebrities, skill firm execs and enrollers, though they rejected any kind of sex-related solutions. Minato claimed he thought leading authorities were obsequious concerning the out-of-date sex functions and they currently require to “upgrade their way of thinking.”
Nakai last Thursday revealed his retired life from the movie industry, which has actually currently been struck by a collection of sexual offense claims over the last few years in what is viewed as a postponed #MeToo motion that started in Western countries in the 2010s. He claimed he was taking obligation for the “problem” and substantial service losses consequently. He had actually previously rejected any kind of physical violence or participation of a 3rd party.
Minato claimed he last saw the target last summer season when she saw his workplace to inform him she was giving up.
Shukan Bunshun weekly, among the publications that revealed the rumor, likewise declared that Fuji television has actually long manipulated its women commentators to amuse celebrities like Nakai.
The chair of the firms, Shuji Kanoh, was likewise surrendering in a choice made at a board conference before the press conference, authorities claimed.
Japan’s show business remains in the middle of a wave of sexual offense instances, consisting of the abuses of hundreds of boys and young men by late talent mogul Johnny Kitagawa, whose now-defunct firm Johnny && Associates handled numerous young boy bands, consisting of the one to which Nakai belonged, SMAP.
Adhering to substantial objections and objection from also their very own workers, Fuji television and its moms and dad business revealed after a board conference recently that they have actually established an independent panel of attorneys to be sent by March.