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Nakai is a toxic individual, and toxic to any brand connected to him. The best Fuji TV can do now is to promise all stakeholders that Nakai is banned for life from the station.

To be honest, all former Johnny's "talent" should be investigated for similar transgressions. They grew up in a culture of non-consensual sexual conduct being normalised - and many have refused to speak out or condemn the despicable agency. There's a high chance there's a few skeletons in the closet of more of these "boy band" members.

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Very good to see. However referring to alleged sexual assault as a misconduct scandal is quite abhorrent. This sex fiend Nakai obviously needs to be criminally investigated and face a lengthy imprisonment without parole if found guilty.

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1 word, overreaction

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buffalo - 1 word, nope

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The Sankei Shimbun, the masthead publication of the Fuji-Sankei media group, is suspending publication of its evening tabloid Yukan Fuji at the end of January. It's obvious that the conservative-oriented company has been hurting financially, and if its TV network fails, the whole structure is likely to come tumbling down. There are some who wouldn't mind that at all.

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1 word, overreaction

No is not.

Nakai rape a woman, because he thinks he is in some way or another superior and he will have support from anyone including the TV station.

FujiTV did wrong in many levels.

First by not condenming inmediatly what Nakai did. It took them a year and a half to do something!!!

They cover this actiions with the justification of "not wanting to hurt even more the victim"... by keepin Nakai on TV for a good while??

Even the current actions they took are lukewarm and not decisive.

That the companies are pulling of their CMs because of this, is not overreaction at all... if anything is the right reaction to make

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Nothing Lasts forever.

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So according to some of you Nakai actually raped the woman? It's not my intention to defend him, but I thought whatever happened between the two, the woman chose to settle out of court and has not disclosed details pursuant to the settlement. With no criminal case I didn't think there's been any reporting on the details of what he allegedly did. Evidently some of you seem to know more about his transgressions than what I've seen made public...

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This whole sordid scandal.

Kao said it has made the decision by taking into consideration its policy on human rights. Going forward, the firm said it "will make a comprehensive judgment" based on the results of Fuji TV's investigation and other announcements.

There should, must be a independent investigation, this may lead to the need/requirement of a criminal inquiry.

On the surface, this is reported to be taking place but scratch away at the surface media effrontery and ithe intention could be interpreted as a cynical whitewash.

Japanese TV network to open independent probe into alleged sexual misconduct by celebrity host

The scandal stems from reports that began in December by the Shukan Bunshun weekly magazine that Nakai had reached a 90 million yen ($580,000) settlement with a woman in connection with alleged sexual misconduct at a dinner party last year.

https://apnews.com/article/japan-media-masahiro-nakai-assaults-ddb46421cdb6d418ef3f278a55d155a5

To quote from the AP article......

“The uproar created by Mr. Masahiro Nakai ... reflects not only a problem in the entertainment industry generally, but, specifically, it exposes serious flaws in your corporate governance,”

The victim of such an alleged sexually motivated assault must be treated with due process to ascertain complicity.

Not a lesson in collusion to hide culpability.

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Feminist politicians who usually make a big fuss are not making any comments, perhaps because they are protecting the pro-China and pro-Korea Fuji TV.

The MeToo movement in Japan is nothing more than a fashion statement.

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Fighto! point is crucial, the corrupt nefarious function of these talent agencies require a full investigation, the despicable deliberate lack of accountability transparency is astonishing unacceptable.

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Japanese idol industry crushing on its own sins, too late, but always welcomed.

Next, for the traitors at Fuji TV to go down.

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a 90 million yen out-of-court settlement

So it was settled. Why is there talk?

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Japanese companies so backward, always doing a witch hunt instead of relying on a judicial fair assessment, which could prove nothing happened.

This is on the reason I won’t work in Japan. Toxic work environment.

Whispers and prejudices lead in Japan.

An enlightened company, even if doing risk control, approaches its employes without prejudices.

Anytime any employee could fall under this kind of system.

Nakai and unknown employee are thrown to the lions before any chance to explain.

Both culprits and victims will never be really understood, while it has a public impact.

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People who are happy that Nakai is out or calling for him to be kept out, what exactly is it that you think he did, and how did you arrive at that conclusion?

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It's all about money.

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Over 20 years from when sexual abuses of Johnny Kitagawa was revealed, most of Japanese media prioritize business with "Johnny's" than journalism, continued to distract their eyes from it even after it was proved at high court until 2023, such attitudes of major showbiz agencies-major TV stations complex became bad message that high popularity can conceal even misdeeds from public, it seemed to spread to showbiz circle or many talents.

If BBC hasn't broadcasted "Predator: The Secret Scandal of J-Pop" 2023, many misdeeds would be still in the dark.

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I thought whatever happened between the two, the woman chose to settle out of court and has not disclosed details pursuant to the settlement.

I think it is very naive to assume she had a choice. The settlement will have included an NDA so its obvious why she has not disclosed anything.

She will not have had a choice because rape trials in Japan are very unlikely to succeed, female victims are vilified, and, as an announcer herself, her career would likely be over. It would be in her interest to settle even if him buying her silence disgusts her.

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from politics or economy circle to show business, corrupted "culture" that strongs can escape from penalty no matter how misdeeds they did is rampant at present Japan.

This TV station is one of "Amakudari" places (corporation where retired bureaucrats re-land to cushy position) from Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications who issues broadcasting license, such "structure" that TV station can avoid to close whatever they did is clearly one of causes of their corruption.

Also, famous Japanese car manufacturer themselves who provisionally pulls commercials was just found scandal such as illegal concealing work-accidents last week.

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So according to some of you Nakai actually raped the woman? It's not my intention to defend him, but I thought whatever happened between the two, the woman chose to settle out of court and has not disclosed details pursuant to the settlement. With no criminal case I didn't think there's been any reporting on the details of what he allegedly did. Evidently some of you seem to know more about his transgressions than what I've seen made public...

A 90 million yen settlement for non-consensual sex, buys not only silence, but keeping the woman from filing charges with the police.

If he wasnt even the least bit guilty, and to just make the "claim" go away, there would be no settlement of this magnitude.

This amount is practically unheard of here, and that is what is making all the advertisers shut Fuji down.

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