Tokio pop group member removed from TV show over past conduct

TOKYO, Japan, June 20 Kyodo - Nippon Television Network Corp. President Hiroyuki Fukuda holds a press conference in Tokyo on June 20, 2025, saying Taichi Kokubun, 50, a member of Japanese all-male pop group Tokio, was removed from a popular program aired by the TV network due to past conduct that breached compliance rules on multiple occasions. (Kyodo)

Tokio pop group member removed from TV show over past conduct

Tokio pop group member removed from TV show over past conduct

Nippon Television Network Corp. President Hiroyuki Fukuda holds a press conference in Tokyo on June 20, 2025, saying Taichi Kokubun, 50, a member of Japanese all-male pop group Tokio, was removed from a popular program aired by the TV network due to past conduct that breached compliance rules on multiple occasions.

Tokio pop group member removed from TV show over past conduct

Tokio pop group member removed from TV show over past conduct

Nippon Television Network Corp. President Hiroyuki Fukuda holds a press conference in Tokyo on June 20, 2025, saying Taichi Kokubun, 50, a member of Japanese all-male pop group Tokio, was removed from a popular program aired by the TV network due to past conduct that breached compliance rules on multiple occasions.

Tokio pop group member removed from TV show over past conduct

Tokio pop group member removed from TV show over past conduct

Nippon Television Network Corp. President Hiroyuki Fukuda holds a press conference in Tokyo on June 20, 2025, saying Taichi Kokubun, 50, a member of Japanese all-male pop group Tokio, was removed from a popular program aired by the TV network due to past conduct that breached compliance rules on multiple occasions.

Tokio pop group member removed from TV show over past conduct

Tokio pop group member removed from TV show over past conduct

Nippon Television Network Corp. President Hiroyuki Fukuda holds a press conference in Tokyo on June 20, 2025, saying Taichi Kokubun, 50, a member of Japanese all-male pop group Tokio, was removed from a popular program aired by the TV network due to past conduct that breached compliance rules on multiple occasions.

Japanese man recalls work at synthetic oil plant during WWII

Japanese man recalls work at synthetic oil plant during WWII

Shigeo Kokubun speaks during an interview on Feb 6, 2015, in Takikawa, Hokkaido, about his experience of working at a state-backed synthetic oil plant in the northern Japan city in 1942-45 during World War II. He said the plant was established in 1941 to produce oil from coal liquefaction amid an oil shortage during the war. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo