Top brass at Japanese network giant Fuji Television and its parent company have stepped down following explosive allegations involving former SMAP frontman Masahiro Nakai and claims of a corporate ...

Toyota, Suzuki, and Daihatsu will launch their electric kei vans this year in Japan. The models are electric versions of the Toyota Pixis Van, Suzuki Every, and Daihatsu Hijet. The triplets were ...

The scandal centers on Masahiro Nakai, a former leader of Japan's once-hugely popular boy band SMAP, and his costly settlement with a woman over the alleged sex assault at a 2023 dinner party that ...

Fuji TV President Koichi Minato and Chairman Shuji Kanoh announced on Monday that they will resign to take responsibility for how the broadcaster handled sexual misconduct allegations against ...

Masahiro Nakai was accused of sexually assaulting a woman at a 2023 dinner party allegedly organised by Fuji TV staff. He announced his retirement from show business last week. The Japanese ...

Once an oddity offered only to buyers in a country thousands of miles away, Japan’s tiny ‘kei cars’ have become something of an automotive phenomenon in recent years, spurred on by demand ...

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