Masahiro Nakai Sex Scandal
Masahiro Nakai sex scandal puts Japan’s entertainment industry in crosshairs
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Japan's Fuji Television Network has hired external lawyers to investigate a snowballing sex scandal surrounding pop star-turned-TV celebrity Masahiro Nakai, a case observers say reflects the failure of the country’s entertainment industry to learn from music mogul Johnny Kittagwa's decade of sexual abuse.
Nakai, his management agency and the broadcaster have displayed “arrogance” in the way they dismissed the issue, one analyst said, noting that it took foreign influence to bring the scandal to light.
“They tried very hard to keep this quiet, but they failed and all the reports that are emerging now are showing the Japanese public just how lax the governance is within the entertainment business and the way they are able to close ranks to protect those in power and who earn the TV companies so much money,” said Makoto Watanabe, a professor of communications and media at Hokkaido Bunkyo University in Eniwa, Hokkaido.
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