Behind Hieda’s Resignation, Fuji TV’s Third-Party Committee to Announce “Investigation Results”…Current Employees Reveal “Unusual Changes at the Station

Fuji Television’s “Don” Hisashi Hieda, advisor to the board of directors, also resigned.

The results of the third-party committee for Fuji Television’s problems stemming from former TV personality Masahiro Nakai’s (52) troubles with women are about to be announced.

How far will the committee be able to go in disclosing the background and internal circumstances that allowed Mr. Nakai to continue to use Ms. A on his regular TV programs even after he had committed an act that could be considered a violation of her human rights?

Also, we would like to know whether Mr. X, a former senior executive at Fuji, was involved when Ms. Ako was summoned to Mr. Nakai’s apartment.

And whether there were other cases similar to the trouble between Mr. Nakai and Ms. Ako. These three points seem to be the main points for the time being.

In the midst of all this, Fuji Television announced the resignation of 12 of its directors on March 27, including 87-year-old advisor to the board, Hisashi Hieda, who was known as the “Don.

The number of directors was reduced from 22 to 10, with three of them being women, thereby increasing the ratio of women on the board. Hieda will also resign as director of Fuji Media Holdings and representative of Sankei Group.

At its peak, the number of sponsor companies that have suspended the airing of commercials due to the series of problems peaked at more than 300. At present, only about 10% of them have resumed commercials, and it is unclear to what extent they will return after the results of the third-party committee are announced. It is difficult to imagine an immediate resumption of commercials, and some believe that the confusion will continue through the end of the year.

It seems that the “awareness” of people inside Fuji Television has changed since the “before” and “after” of the Nakai issue.

A current Fuji Television employee in his 40s said

It is natural, but each and every employee has started to think about the company. Although only the TV commercials have been the focus of attention, sales of web advertisements have also plummeted after the riots. The number of people joining the labor union has also increased dramatically, which I think is a sign of their awareness that ‘this can’t go on like this,'” he says.

He continued, “The number of workers who have joined labor unions has increased dramatically.

The January 23 briefing for employees was a stormy affair, with some criticizing Hieda. The news department of the station spearheaded the criticism.

The station’s variety team used to be the mainstay of the station’s news department, which advocates the slogan “If it’s not fun, it’s not TV. ……