<figure id="attachment_420123" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-420123" style="width: 2000px" class="wp-caption alignnone"><a href="#" data-ident_hash="5db7f747"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/fridaydigital/image/private/t_article_image/wpmedia/2025/04/dd51339f5e28476b516838e582ee3edf.jpg" alt=""></a><figcaption id="caption-attachment-420123" class="wp-caption-text">Fuji Television&#8217;s third-party committee announces shocking findings. The impact is likely to spread not only to Masahiro Nakai but also to the entertainment industry. &#8230;&#8230;</figcaption></figure>
<h3><span class="strongInContent"> Nakai&#8217;s &#8220;sexual violence&#8221; against former station announcer A recognized</span></h3>
<p> The third-party committee has compiled and released the results of its investigation into a series of Fuji Television problems stemming from the troubles of TV personality Masahiro Nakai (52). The report is a large volume of approximately 400 pages and can be viewed on Fuji&#8217;s official website.</p>
<p> Notably, Mr. Nakai was found to have committed &#8220;sexual violence&#8221; against former Fuji TV announcer Ms. A. Ms. A lifted a limited confidentiality agreement at the investigative committee hearing, but Mr. Nakai did not agree to the lift.</p>
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<p> The report also describes graphic e-mail exchanges between Mr. Nakai and Mr. B, a former senior executive at the station, as well as the elaborate lies Mr. Nakai told to lure Ms. A to his home, and the sloppy response by Fuji Television after the issue came to light.</p>
<p> In addition to Mr. Nakai, an investigation into harassment at the station also found sexual harassment and power harassment by Osamu Sorimachi, a commentator at the news bureau who worked as an anchor for &#8220;BS Fuji Live Prime News,&#8221; and Masato Ishihara, who was a managing director.</p>
<p> Fuji&#8217;s &#8220;screw-up&#8221; is not a matter of concern for other stations.</p>
<p> More than 300 clients have suspended their commercials due to the series of problems. However, the shocking nature of the third-party committee&#8217;s report makes it unlikely that the commercials will be immediately resumed.</p>
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<p> A man in his 50s at TV Asahi said</p>
<p><span class="strongInContent"> I was really surprised. I didn&#8217;t think the report would be this bad. Fuji may want to use the third-party committee&#8217;s report as a break in the road to recovery, but to be honest, I think it has become the final nail in the coffin.</span></p>
<p> I honestly think it&#8217;s a thud,&#8221; he said in a mysterious tone of voice.</p>
<p> Another thing that drew attention in the report was the presence of &#8220;TV personality U&#8221; who attended a dinner held in a suite room at a luxury hotel in Tokyo in December 2009.</p>
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<h3><span class="strongInContent">Mr. U&#8217;s information is shared with other stations.</span></h3>
<p> The organizer was the aforementioned Mr. B. He was accompanied by four female announcers. Mr. Nakai and Mr. U were in the room, and Mr. B left the room at the right moment, leaving the two female announcers behind, creating a 2:2 situation. Later, sexual harassment was said to have taken place in the room, and the words &#8220;leaving the two female announcers behind&#8221; temporarily trended.</p>
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<p> Mr. U., who came out here, refused the third-party committee&#8217;s request for a hearing. Even though it was anonymous, he feared that his name would make a splash on the Internet, and he confirmed that the third-party committee could take responsibility if that happened. The third-party committee,</p>
<p><span class="strongInContent"> &#8216;There is no risk.&#8217;</span></p>
<p> and refused the request on that basis.</p>
<p> Mr. U is not an initial, but an alphabetical list of the characters in the report. The &#8220;search&#8221; for the culprit is heating up on the Internet, but the name has already been identified in the media community.</p>
<p> In particular, the key and semi-key commercial broadcasters, including NTV, TBS, TV Asahi, and TV Tokyo, have shared information on Mr. U. If the wrong person is appointed to the job, Fuji will be able to use him. If they make the mistake of appointing him, they run the risk of repeating Fuji&#8217;s mistake.</p>
<p> A man in his 40s working for the TBS news bureau said, &#8220;Mr. U&#8217;s name is not publicized,</p>
<p><span class="strongInContent"> We can&#8217;t reveal Mr. U&#8217;s name to the public, but we started researching him right away. His information is shared with other stations as well. Under the circumstances, I doubt that any station would use Mr. U for their programs.</span></p>
<p> The report is not limited to Fuji. The report is not limited to Fuji, but has had a major impact on the casting of other stations as well.</p>
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<p> On April 2, the National Association of Commercial Broadcasters in Japan (NAB), an industry group, issued a stern warning to Fuji. On April 3, the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications (MIC), the regulatory agency, also issued an administrative warning to Fuji Television Network (Fuji TV) and its parent company, Fuji Media Holdings (HD), citing a lack of awareness of human rights and compliance with laws.</p>
<p> The third-party committee&#8217;s investigative report revealed the &#8220;secret face&#8221; of a national idol. The ripples are unlikely to subside for the time being. &#8230;&#8230;</p>


 Kazuhiko NAKAMURA

 The report released by Fuji Television's third-party committee was shocking in its content, affecting not only those involved with Fuji. Particular attention has been paid to TV personality U, who had a meeting with Masahiro Nakai and a female announcer in a suite room. ......

Talent U&#8221; listed in Fuji Television&#8217;s third-party committee report; stations know and share real names and &#8220;no stations use them&#8221;.

Talent U” listed in Fuji Television’s third-party committee report; stations know and share real names and “no stations use them”.

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