<figure id="attachment_410435" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-410435" style="width: 1597px" class="wp-caption alignnone"><a href="#" data-ident_hash="f414eccf"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/fridaydigital/image/private/t_article_image/wpmedia/2025/01/eb96f1d13ff45c1e6daebc6a4787494b-rotated.jpg" alt=""></a><figcaption id="caption-attachment-410435" class="wp-caption-text">Former SMAP member Masahiro Nakai announced his retirement from show business. Fuji Television Network, the epicenter of the crisis, is also experiencing a major ripple effect. &#8230;&#8230;</figcaption></figure>
<h2> Calls for a renewal of the management team, including Director and Advisor Hisashi Hieda</h2>
<p><span class="strongInContent"> The sense of urgency within the company is extreme, as the company continues to be unable to conduct sales activities and program production to its satisfaction.</span></p>
<p> This is a sentence from a letter of opinion submitted by Fuji Television&#8217;s labor union to Koichi Minato, 72, the company&#8217;s president.</p>
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<p> Fuji&#8217;s labor union, which used to be &#8220;weak,&#8221; has seen its membership increase one after another in the wake of the series of scandals, and now has more than 500 members.</p>
<p> About 1,100 people, including remote viewers, attended the employee information meeting held on January 23. The meeting started at 5:30 p.m. and became more and more heated as time went on, ending after 10:00 p.m. The four-and-a-half-hour long presentation was attended by about 1,100 people, including remote viewers. It was a four-and-a-half hour long presentation.</p>
<p><span class="strongInContent"> During the Q&amp;A session, there were calls for a renewal of the management team, including the &#8220;Don of Fuji Television,&#8221; Hisashi Hieda, Senior Advisor to the Board of Directors. Mr. Hieda is an untouchable figure within the station. I did not think that the &#8220;ouster of Mr. Hieda&#8221; would happen. On the contrary, it is a sign that the majority of employees have a sense of crisis about the current system.</span></p>
<p> Fuji will hold another press conference on the 27th. This time, it is expected to be held in full openness, without selecting participating media. The labor union has submitted a written opinion on this as well.</p>
<p><span class="strongInContent"> &#8220;The press conference must be announced by the end of this week at the latest, and be held on January 27 (Monday) at the latest.</span></p>
<p> The above-mentioned staff member adds, &#8220;The press conference is expected to be held in full openness, with no screening of participating media. A bureau official adds, &#8220;In the written opinion, Kano Shuji Kano is expected to hold the press conference in the full open.</p>
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<p><span class="strongInContent"> In addition to Chairman Shuji Kano and President Koichi Minato, the opinion also calls for the attendance of Director and Advisor Hisashi Hieda. The most important point is whether we can draw Mr. Hieda out. The reason that he is &#8216;only an advisor&#8217; is not valid.&#8221;</span></p>
<p> However, as of now, it appears that Mr. Hieda will not attend the meeting.</p>
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<h2>Using the public airwaves to make a big deal about its own scandals</h2>
<p> The furor sparked by the female troubles of retired entertainer Masahiro Nakai (52) has shaken the very foundations of Fuji Television Network. More than 75 sponsors have suspended their commercials, and the situation has spread to affiliate stations as well.</p>
<p> Fuji&#8217;s news department was outraged by this situation. Mokka information program reported the series of scandals in detail, even though it was its own station.</p>
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<p> On January 23, the day of the briefing, &#8220;Live News It! on January 23, the day of the briefing, Aimi Miyashi, an analyst, commented on the reaction of the employees who heard President Minato&#8217;s explanation.</p>
<p><span class="strongInContent"> The employees in the studio at the press conference were sighing deeply, and some of them were saying, &#8220;Huh!</span></p>
<p> The report states, &#8220;The employees in the studio at the press conference were sighing deeply and saying &#8216;huh&#8217; in places.</p>
<p> On the &#8220;Mezamashi 8&#8221; broadcast on the 24th, Risa Kishimoto, an analyst who has been with the company for three years, asked</p>
<p><span class="strongInContent"> I think they should have at least told us why the problem happened, or at least given an explanation of their responsibility.</span></p>
<p> I think they should have at least explained why the problem happened.</p>
<p><span class="strongInContent"> She added, &#8220;We are using the public airwaves to make a big deal about our company&#8217;s scandal. Usually, when this kind of thing happens, it is only mentioned in the program in a casual way. This time, the news department is in a completely pissed-off mode, and they are saying, &#8216;We&#8217;ll take responsibility, so go ahead and do it! This time, the news department was in a completely pissed-off mood, and they were determined to take responsibility. Even when upper management asked them to &#8220;go easy on them,&#8221; they would not listen. Even a briefing session for employees was finally realized after the top management of the news department was very hard on them,&#8221; said a TV station official.</span></p>
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<p> The news department has a great deal of influence at the TV stations, and NHK&#8217;s special &#8220;The Realities of the &#8216;Idol Empire&#8217; of Johnny&#8217;s Kitagawa&#8221; last October, a scathing review of the former Johnny&#8217;s problems, attracted a great deal of attention.</p>
<p> The entertainment department, which wanted to work with STARTO ENTERTAINMENT in a fair and fair manner, was not happy about this, but it was the news department that pushed for the airing of this special as well.</p>
<p><span class="strongInContent"> However, it was the news department that pushed for this to go on the air. &#8220;There are rumors, however, that the news department has also allowed female reporters to attend drinking parties with police and prosecutors&#8217; officials. In the current Fuji case, there are a number of stories that were destroyed at the behest of Mr. A, a senior programming executive who was reportedly involved in Mr. Nakai&#8217;s troubles in the past, and this has amplified the anger.</span></p>
<p> When will Fuji&#8217;s governance function normally?</p>


 Former SMAP member Masahiro Nakai has retired from show business. Fuji Television, the epicenter of the turmoil, is in a crisis of survival. A four-and-a-half-hour briefing for employees was held amidst this situation, and there were calls for the resignation of the management team. ......

Behind the scenes, Fuji Television is reporting its own scandals extensively, with the news department &#8220;rising up in unison&#8221; and &#8220;anger toward the suspected executives&#8221; over the Nakai issue.

Behind the scenes, Fuji Television is reporting its own scandals extensively, with the news department “rising up in unison” and “anger toward the suspected executives” over the Nakai issue.

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