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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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Scandal-hit Fuji Media Holdings logs loss

Fuji Television Network Inc. President Kenji Shimizu speaks at a press conference in Tokyo on April 30, 2025, after its parent company Fuji Media Holdings Inc. 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 Fuji TV employee that has led sponsors to pull their commercials.

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[Breaking News]New Japan MSDF chief of staff Saito

TOKYO, Japan, July 23 Kyodo -New Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force chief of staff Adm. Akira Saito holds a press conference at the Defense Ministry in Tokyo on July 23, 2024.

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Japan Defense Minister Kihara

TOKYO, Japan, July 19 Kyodo - Japanese Defense Minister Minoru Kihara holds a press conference at the ministry in Tokyo on July 19, 2024. (Kyodo)

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MSDF chief on scandal involving members

TOKYO, Japan, July 9 Kyodo - Adm. Ryo Sakai, chief of staff of Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force, holds a press conference in Tokyo on July 9, 2024, after MSDF members were suspected of fraudulently receiving allowances for diving training and duty. (Kyodo)

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[Breaking News]No-confidence motion against scandal-hit minister

TOKYO, Feb. 20 Kyodo - Japanese education minister Masahito Moriyama bows after the House of Representatives voted down a no-confidence motion against him at a plenary session in Tokyo on Feb. 20, 2024, over his links to the controversial Unification Church.(Kyodo)

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No-confidence motion against scandal-hit minister

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida is pictured at a plenary session of the House of Representatives in Tokyo on Feb. 20, 2024. The lower house voted down a no-confidence motion against education minister Masahito Moriyama over his links to the controversial Unification Church.

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No-confidence motion against scandal-hit minister

Japanese education minister Masahito Moriyama bows after the House of Representatives voted down a no-confidence motion against him at a plenary session in Tokyo on Feb. 20, 2024, over his links to the controversial Unification Church.

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No-confidence motion against scandal-hit minister

Photo taken Feb. 20, 2024, shows a plenary session of Japan's House of Representatives in Tokyo. The lower house voted down a no-confidence motion against education minister Masahito Moriyama over his links to the controversial Unification Church.

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Japan education minister downplays media report

Japanese education minister Masahito Moriyama holds a press conference in Tokyo on Feb. 20, 2024, following a media report that his local office in Kobe received monthly publications from a group linked to the scandal-hit Unification Church. Moriyama said the group sent publications to the office unrequested, downplaying the report.

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Japan education minister downplays media report

Japanese education minister Masahito Moriyama holds a press conference in Tokyo on Feb. 20, 2024, following a media report that his local office in Kobe received monthly publications from a group linked to the scandal-hit Unification Church. Moriyama said the group sent publications to the office unrequested, downplaying the report.

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Japan education minister downplays media report

Japanese education minister Masahito Moriyama holds a press conference in Tokyo on Feb. 20, 2024, following a media report that his local office in Kobe received monthly publications from a group linked to the scandal-hit Unification Church. Moriyama said the group sent publications to the office unrequested, downplaying the report.

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Japan education minister downplays media report

Japanese education minister Masahito Moriyama holds a press conference in Tokyo on Feb. 20, 2024, following a media report that his local office in Kobe received monthly publications from a group linked to the scandal-hit Unification Church. Moriyama said the group sent publications to the office unrequested, downplaying the report.

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Japan university to disband scandal-hit American football club

TOKYO, Nov. 29 Kyodo - A Japanese university has decided to disband its renowned American football team following a scandal in which three of its members were arrested over possession or purchase of illegal drugs, sources familiar with the matter said Wednesday.(Kyodo)

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Japan seeks dissolution of Unification Church

TOKYO, Japan, Oct. 12 Kyodo - Japan's education and culture minister Masahito Moriyama attends a press conference in Tokyo on Oct. 12, 2023, after revealing his ministry's decision to seek to strip the scandal-hit Unification Church of religious corporation status. (Kyodo)

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Scandal-hit Johnny's talent agency

Fans take photos of a Johnny's store selling goods related to idols associated with talent agency Johnny & Associates Inc. in Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture, central Japan, on Oct. 16, 2023, after the shop closed down that day following a sex abuse scandal involving the agency's late founder.

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Scandal-hit Johnny's talent agency

Fans take photos of a Johnny's store selling goods related to idols associated with talent agency Johnny & Associates Inc. in Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture, central Japan, on Oct. 16, 2023, after the shop closed down that day following a sex abuse scandal involving the agency's late founder.

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Scandal-hit Johnny's talent agency

Photo taken on Oct. 16, 2023, shows J-pop talent agency Johnny & Associates Inc.'s office building in Tokyo, with its name sign on the building already removed as the company is set to be renamed "Smile-Up" from Oct. 17 amid a sex abuse scandal involving the agency's late founder.

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Scandal-hit Johnny's talent agency

Photo taken on Oct. 16, 2023, shows J-pop talent agency Johnny & Associates Inc.'s office building in Tokyo, with its name sign on the building already removed as the company is set to be renamed "Smile-Up" from Oct. 17 amid a sex abuse scandal involving the agency's late founder.

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Japan seeks dissolution of Unification Church

TOKYO, Japan, Oct. 12 Kyodo - Japan's education and culture minister Masahito Moriyama attends a press conference in Tokyo on Oct. 12, 2023, after revealing his ministry's decision to seek to strip the scandal-hit Unification Church of religious corporation status. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan seeks dissolution of Unification Church

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida meets the press at his office in Tokyo on Oct. 12, 2023, after the education and culture ministry revealed its decision to seek to strip the scandal-hit Unification Church of religious corporation status.

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Japan seeks dissolution of Unification Church

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida meets the press at his office in Tokyo on Oct. 12, 2023, after the education and culture ministry revealed its decision to seek to strip the scandal-hit Unification Church of religious corporation status.

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Japan seeks dissolution of Unification Church

Japan's education and culture minister Masahito Moriyama attends a press conference in Tokyo on Oct. 12, 2023, after revealing his ministry's decision to seek to strip the scandal-hit Unification Church of religious corporation status.

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Japan seeks dissolution of Unification Church

Japan's education and culture minister Masahito Moriyama attends a press conference in Tokyo on Oct. 12, 2023, after revealing his ministry's decision to seek to strip the scandal-hit Unification Church of religious corporation status.

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Japan seeks dissolution of Unification Church

Japan's education and culture minister Masahito Moriyama speaks during a meeting with an advisory panel on religious corporations in Tokyo on Oct. 12, 2023, revealing his ministry's decision to seek to strip the scandal-hit Unification Church of religious corporation status.

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Japan seeks dissolution of Unification Church

Japan's education and culture minister Masahito Moriyama (C, facing camera) speaks during a meeting with an advisory panel on religious corporations in Tokyo on Oct. 12, 2023, revealing his ministry's decision to seek to strip the scandal-hit Unification Church of religious corporation status.

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Scandal-hit farm minister Akagi effectively sacked

TOKYO, Japan - Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Minister Norihiko Akagi looks down during a press conference at the farm ministry in Tokyo on Aug. 1 after submitting his resignation to Prime Minister Shinzo Abe to take responsibility for a series of political fund scandals.

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Scandal-hit farm minister Akagi effectively sacked

TOKYO, Japan - Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Minister Norihiko Akagi (R) is seen off by farm ministry officials as he leaves the ministry after his resignation. Earlier in the day, Akagi submitted his resignation to Prime Minister Shinzo Abe to take responsibility for a series of political fund scandals.

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Scandal-hit farm minister Akagi effectively sacked

TOKYO, Japan - Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Minister Norihiko Akagi (R) speaks about his resignation at a news conference at the farm ministry in Tokyo on Aug. 1. Earlier in the day Akagi submitted his resignation to Prime Minister Shinzo Abe to take responsibility for a series of political fund scandals.

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Scandal-hit farm minister Akagi effectively sacked

TOKYO, Japan - Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Minister Norihiko Akagi looks down during a press conference at the farm ministry in Tokyo on Aug. 1 after submitting his resignation to Prime Minister Shinzo Abe to take responsibility for a series of political fund scandals.

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Scandal-hit Farm minister Akagi resigns

TOKYO, Japan - Farm minister Norihiko Akagi speaks to reporters after his resignation was accepted by Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Aug. 1. ''Media reports concerning myself and other factors had an impact on the election and it was all too clear that it was a factor that invited the loss of the ruling coalition,'' Akagi said.

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Scandal-hit Farm minister Akagi resigns

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Shinzo Abe emerges from a meeting of Liberal Democratic Party executives at the party headquarters in Tokyo on Aug. 1. Abe later accepted the resignation offered by his farm minister Norihiko Akagi.

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Scandal-hit Farm minister Akagi resigns

TOKYO, Japan - Farm minister Norihiko Akagi speaks to reporters after his resignation was accepted by Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Aug. 1. Akagi said he offered to resign to take responsibility for damage his political fund scandal caused to the governing coalition in the upper house election.

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Suspicious loan to Tokyo Gov. Inose

TOKYO, Japan - Tokyo Gov. Naoki Inose appears tired as he listens to a question about a 50 million yen loan he received from the scandal-hit Tokushukai hospital organization, at a committee meeting of the Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly on Dec. 17, 2013.

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Suspicious loan to Tokyo Gov. Inose

TOKYO, Japan - Tokyo Gov. Naoki Inose leaves the Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly on Dec. 17, 2013. Inose was grilled for 20 hours over four days the past two weeks by a committee session of the assembly about a 50 million yen loan he received from the scandal-hit Tokushukai hospital organization.

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Suspicious loan to Tokyo Gov. Inose

TOKYO, Japan - Tokyo Gov. Naoki Inose appears tired as he listens to a question about a 50 million yen loan he received from the scandal-hit Tokushukai hospital organization, at a committee meeting of the Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly on Dec. 17, 2013.

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Tokyo Gov. Inose

TOKYO, Japan - Tokyo Gov. Naoki Inose shows a bag he said he used to carry 50 million yen in cash he received from the scandal-hit Tokushukai hospital group, during a committee session of the Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly on Dec. 16, 2013. Inose, who won the governorship in December 2012's election, has been under fire for making contradictory explanations over his receipt of the money in November 2012.

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Tokyo Gov. Inose

TOKYO, Japan - Tokyo Gov. Naoki Inose shows a bag he said he used to carry 50 million yen in cash he received from the scandal-hit Tokushukai hospital group, during a committee session of the Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly on Dec. 16, 2013. Inose, who won the governorship in December 2012's election, has been under fire for making contradictory explanations over his receipt of the money in November 2012.

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Future uncertain for scandal-hit Japan coach Aguirre

BRISBANE, Australia - Japan soccer coach Javier Aguirre speaks at a news conference in Brisbane, Australia, on Jan. 15, 2015, a day before Japan plays Iraq in a Group D match at the Asian Cup tournament. Aguirre refused to comment on the latest episode in an alleged match-fixing scandal involving him.

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Future uncertain for scandal-hit Japan coach Aguirre

BRISBANE, Australia - Japan soccer coach Javier Aguirre (R) speaks at a news conference in Brisbane, Australia, on Jan. 15, 2015, a day before Japan plays Iraq in a Group D match at the Asian Cup tournament. Aguirre refused to comment on the latest episode in an alleged match-fixing scandal involving him.

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Future uncertain for scandal-hit Japan coach Aguirre

BRISBANE, Australia - Japan soccer coach Javier Aguirre attends a news conference in Brisbane, Australia, on Jan. 15, 2015, a day before Japan plays Iraq in a Group D match of the Asian Cup tournament. Aguirre refused to comment on the latest episode in an alleged match-fixing scandal involving him.

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Future uncertain for scandal-hit Japan coach Aguirre

BRISBANE, Australia - Japan soccer coach Javier Aguirre (C) speaks at a news conference in Brisbane, Australia, on Jan. 15, 2015, a day before Japan plays Iraq in a Group D match at the Asian Cup tournament. Aguirre refused to comment on the latest episode in an alleged match-fixing scandal involving him.

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Future uncertain for scandal-hit Japan coach Aguirre

BRISBANE, Australia - Japan soccer coach Javier Aguirre listens to questions from a reporter during a news conference in Brisbane, Australia, on Jan. 15, 2015, a day before Japan plays Iraq in a Group D match of the Asian Cup tournament. Aguirre refused to comment on the latest episode in an alleged match-fixing scandal involving him.

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Future uncertain for scandal-hit Japan coach Aguirre

TOKYO, Japan - Japan Football Association President Kuniya Daini holds a news conference in Tokyo on Jan. 15, 2015. Daini said the association would explain how it would deal with an alleged match-fixing scandal involving Japan coach Javier Aguirre after the ongoing Asian Cup in Australia, which ends on Jan. 31.

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Future uncertain for scandal-hit Japan coach Aguirre

TOKYO, Japan - Japan Football Association President Kuniya Daini (R) speaks about an alleged match-fixing scandal involving Japan coach Javier Aguirre at a news conference in Tokyo on Jan. 15, 2015. Daini said the association would explain how it would deal with the matter after the ongoing Asian Cup in Australia, which ends on Jan. 31.

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Ex-defense chief Nakatani tapped as defense minister

TOKYO, Japan - Gen Nakatani, former Defense Agency chief, enters the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Dec. 24, 2014. Nakatani was appointed defense minister in the new Cabinet of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, replacing scandal-hit Akinori Eto. His appointment was the only change in the Cabinet lineup.

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Players of scandal-hit Zaragoza pose with supporter

ZARAGOZA, Spain - Players of Spanish First Division football club Real Zaragoza pose with a supporter (C) at an autographing session in Zaragoza on Dec. 17, 2014, amid a match-fixing scandal. Javier Aguirre, coach of Japan's national team, is one of several dozen individuals named in a prosecution complaint on the alleged game rigging in May 2011 as he was manager of Zaragoza when it won the match against Levante and avoided relegation to the Second Division.

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Scandal-hit ex-minister Matsushima to retain seat

TOKYO, Japan - Former Justice Minister Midori Matsushima, a candidate of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party in the lower house election, celebrates in her electoral district in Tokyo's Sumida Ward on the night of Dec. 14, 2014, after securing victory in the election. Matsushima resigned from the Cabinet post in October less than two months after assuming it over allegations of violating the election law by distributing paper fans to constituents in the past, which could count as a donation banned under the law.

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Obuchi to retain Diet seat

TAKASAKI, Japan - Scandal-hit former trade minister Yuko Obuchi, a candidate of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party in the lower house election, smiles during an interview in her electoral district in Takasaki, Gunma Prefecture after securing victory in the election on the night of Dec. 14, 2014. Obuchi, the daughter of the late Prime Minister Keizo Obuchi, resigned from the Cabinet post in October less than two months after assuming it over dubious political funds reports.