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Scandal-hit Fuji Media Holdings logs loss

Fuji Television Network Inc. President Kenji Shimizu and Osamu Kanemitsu, president of its parent company Fuji Media Holdings Inc., attend a press conference in Tokyo on April 30, 2025, after Fuji Meida said it is projected to log a consolidated net loss of 20.1 billion yen (approx. $139.4 million) for fiscal 2024 following a scandal in which former TV personality Masahiro Nakai allegedly sexually assaulted a former Fuji TV employee that led sponsors to pull their commercials.

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Scandal-hit Fuji Media Holdings logs loss

Fuji Media Holdings Inc. President Osamu Kanemitsu speaks at a press conference in Tokyo on April 30, 2025, after the media group said it is projected to log a consolidated net loss of 20.1 billion yen (approx. $139.4 million) for fiscal 2024 following a scandal in which famed former TV personality Masahiro Nakai allegedly sexually assaulted a former employee of its subsidiary Fuji Television Network Inc. that has led sponsors to pull their commercials. Kanemitsu also announced his resignation.

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Fuji TV press conference

(From L) Fuji Media Holding Inc. Executive Vice President Kenji Shimizu, Fuji Television Network Inc. Vice Chairman Ryunosuke Endo, outgoing President Koichi Minato, outgoing Chairman Shuji Kano and Fuji Media Holding Inc. President Osamu Kanemitsu attend a press conference in Tokyo on Jan. 27, 2025, following allegations that an employee of the broadcaster helped arrange a meal after which Japanese TV host Masahiro Nakai was accused of sexual misconduct.

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Fuji TV press conference

(From L) Fuji Media Holding Inc. Executive Vice President Kenji Shimizu, Fuji Television Network Inc. Vice Chairman Ryunosuke Endo, outgoing President Koichi Minato, outgoing Chairman Shuji Kano and Fuji Media Holding Inc. President Osamu Kanemitsu attend a press conference in Tokyo on Jan. 27, 2025, following allegations that an employee of the broadcaster helped arrange a meal after which Japanese TV host Masahiro Nakai was accused of sexual misconduct.

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Dance club operator acquitted

OSAKA, Japan - Masatoshi Kanemitsu (C), a former nightclub operator, holds a scroll reading "not guilty" in Osaka on April 25, 2014, after a local court acquitted him of debasing sexual morals by allowing patrons to dance.

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Dance club operator acquitted

OSAKA, Japan - Masatoshi Kanemitsu, a former nightclub operator, holds a press conference in Osaka on April 25, 2014, after a local court acquitted him of debasing sexual morals by allowing patrons to dance.

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Dance club operator acquitted

OSAKA, Japan - File photo taken Sept. 28, 2013, shows a facility that used to be nightclub "NOON" in Osaka. The nightclub's operator, Masatoshi Kanemitsu, was arrested in April 2012, leading to its closure, but a local court on April 25, 2014, acquitted him of debasing sexual morals by allowing patrons to dance.

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Veteran flight engineer laments loss of Classic Jumbo Jet

TOKYO, Japan - Japan Airlines Corp. veteran flight engineer Kanemitsu Nakagawa points at switches designed to maneuver the Boeing 747-300 aircraft in a hanger at Haneda airport in Tokyo on June 19. Nakagawa cited his deep affection for manually controlled airplanes before the grounding of JAL's two remaining ''Classic Jumbo Jets'' in Japan on July 31.