Fuji Television’s “Acting as if it were a personal matter” in response to Masahiro Nakai’s “90 million yen trouble” is being questioned in great numbers.

Reports of ex-SMAP member Masahiro Nakai’s troubles with women do not seem to be subsiding as the new year begins.

The story was sparked by the December 19 issue of “Josei Seven,” which reported that some kind of trouble had occurred between Nakai and Xko, a then Fuji Television employee, and that Nakai had paid Xko a sum of 90 million yen through his agent as a settlement. According to another media outlet, the trouble occurred around June of last year.

Following a series of reports, “Masahiro Nakai’s Friday Night Smile” (TBS), in which Nakai serves as MC, was canceled at the last minute, and “THE MC3,” scheduled to air at the beginning of the year, was also canceled.

In addition, the Softbank commercial in which she appeared as “Manager PayTech” was removed from the video gallery page. According to an advertising agency official

“We have heard that the commercials related to Mr. Nakai will be replaced one by one.

The crux of the matter is the relationship between Nakai and Fuji.

The main problem is that Nakai and Fuji Television are running a double feature.

On December 27, Nakai apologized on a pay-per-view site and said, “The truth is that I have to face up to this now,

I am earnestly and diligently working on what I must face now.

The crux of the matter is the relationship between Nakai and Hussei.

The crux of this issue is that Nakai and Fuji Television are in a two-pronged fight.

The former’s regular programs and commercials have been affected, and if things continue as they are, there is no doubt that his exposure will decrease drastically from the beginning of the new year. In some quarters, words such as “going on hiatus” or “retiring” are even being bandied about.

In the “Shukan Bunshun” issue of the same day, the details of Xko’s dinner with Nakai are described in detail. According to the article, Mr. A, a Fuji executive, set up the drinking party and asked Xko to join him.

However, when she arrived at the party, she found that all the other participants had canceled, and she was placed in a one-on-one environment with Nakai. The article in Bunshun describes it as if Xko had been “paid up” by Nakai.

If the president of a business partner mistreats a female employee of the company, the company will be forced to take action.

Fuji reacted furiously to this, posting the following on its website on the 27th

On the 27th, Fuji Corporation’s website stated, “There have been reports in some weekly magazines and other media concerning our company’s employees. The content of the article is untrue, and the employee in question was not involved in any way, including the setting up of the dinner party mentioned in the article.

He denied that he was involved in any way, including the setting up of the meeting. He continued

We have seen speculative articles and posts on social networking sites and other media concerning our employees and related parties. We cannot tolerate any content that could lead to slander or defamation, so please refrain from such activities.

The company was not able to respond to the article.

In other words, there is no such thing as an organized “payment system” as suggested by Bunshun, and this trouble was between Nakai and Ms. Xko. Fuji has stressed that no other employees of the station were involved in any way.

However, a comment on the Internet news that reported Fuji’s assertion reads as follows,

Fuji TV has not expressed any intention to protest, even though they should be protesting against Nakai and his office.

Nakai’s TV program has continued after the incident, and if it is true that the woman reported the damage to the company, then she is out regardless of whether or not Mr. A was involved.

Many people questioned the station’s response, such as “If it is true that the woman reported the damage to the company, then she is out regardless of whether Mr. A was involved or not.

In other words, Ms. Xko suffered some kind of damage from Nakai last June. At the time, she was prepared to sue the police and reported the damage to Fuji TV. Many people are dissatisfied with Fuji’s after-the-fact response at that time.

Ms. Nakai left Johnny’s in March 2008 and became independent. For Fuji Television, he is the president of a business partner. Generally speaking, if a female employee of the company is mistreated by the president of a business partner, it would be natural for the company to investigate the facts and suspend business until the truth is revealed,” said a TV station official.

However, Fuji continued to use Nakai for regular programming. Not only that, but they entrusted him with the MC duties for two special programs, “Masahiro Nakai’s Olympic Rare Play and Good Play Awards” on July 11 and “Masahiro Nakai’s Sports Rare Play and Good Play” on September 16.

I wonder if Fuji’s response was really correct, and how they acted upon receiving the damage report from Ms. Xko. As a publicly traded company, I think they need to explain.

Even if they cannot reveal details due to confidentiality obligations, they should be able to disclose the reason why they allowed Nakai to appear on their TV program even after they became aware of the trouble.

If Nakai-san paid 90 million yen and Xko-san received the money, he considered the matter “settled,” then he was being too “impersonal. Fuji, as the employer, should have taken the initiative in this case.

Cut Nakai and that’s it. I don’t think that will happen. ……