"Sung Sang-nak, an announcer in his 50s"..As a result of the truth, "Sexual violence recognized."

By Aram, Park

Apr 01, 2025

'Sung Sang-nak, an announcer in his 50s'..As a result of the truth, 'Sexual violence recognized.'



The results of the third-party investigation committee's investigation into allegations of sexual favors related to famous celebrities in Fuji TV, Japan, were released on the 31st. In this investigation, the Committee recognizes sexual violence in the extension of its workpublished the results of the survey stating that "

According to local media such as NHK and Asahi Shimbun, the third-party committee, which the company formed in January this year in accordance with the guidelines of the Japanese Bar Association, announced the results of the investigation.

Fuji TV and its parent company, Fuji Media Holdings, formed a third-party committee in January this year in accordance with the guidelines of the Japanese Bar Association after the company was pointed out to be responsible for the recent problem between Masahiro Nakai, a 52-year-old male entertainer who was the leader of the idol group `Smap' (SMAP), and female announcers, and the company even stopped advertising Fuji TV.




The committee regarded the victim's continued use of Masahiro Nakai as a TV entertainment program host even after reporting the problem inside the company as "secondary offense" and pointed out that this decision caused more pain to the victim. He also criticized that "unconsidered decision-making and response that failed to reach the victim" caused the company and stakeholders to lose trust and lead to a crisis situation.

The committee also revealed the fact that employees and announcers were used inside Fuji TV to build relationships at customer meetings, which seriously affected Fuji TV's management. At the same time, he stressed that the management responsibility of the members of the board of directors is heavy.

Earlier, Japanese weekly magazine Shukanbun??Eun Fuji TV's programming manager, A, reported allegations that she was involved in paying female announcers to famous entertainer Masahiro Nakai.




Masahiro Nakai was the leader and famous MC of SMAP, Japan's national idol in the 1990s.

Nakai Masahiro said on his official website on the 9th, "I had a problem with the woman.", and reportedly paid 90 million yen (about 840 million won) to the victim.

Later in January, Nakai Masahiro announced his retirement.




Fuji TV executives, who resigned on the same day, continued to appear on Nakai's broadcast program for nearly a year and a half, even after learning that Nakai had committed sexual activity without consent with a woman related to Fuji TV two years ago.

In addition, Fuji TV is suspected of 'systematic sexual payment', and the victim is said to have claimed that "I went to a place arranged by an executive of Fuji TV, and it was just the two of them with Masahiro Nakai."

In some parts of the Japanese entertainment industry "Fuji TV, there was a widespread culture in which female announcers were present at dinner with male celebrities and assigned to entertainment roles."There were also suspicions that "



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