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<h2> Let&#8217;s protect Fuji!</h2>
 With Fuji Television&#8217;s general shareholders&#8217; meeting coming up on June 25, there is a flurry of activity at the station.
 Fuji is facing the biggest crisis since the station&#8217;s opening, with many commercial sponsors refraining from sponsoring Fuji&#8217;s commercials, sparked by former TV personality Masahiro Nakai&#8217;s (52) troubles with women.
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 Dalton Investment, a &#8220;shareholder with a say&#8221; in Fuji, teamed up with Yoshitaka Kitao, chairman and president of SBI Holdings, and others to demand a change in Fuji&#8217;s management team. Fuji rejected the demand, and a proxy fight was expected to break out at the general meeting.
 In the case of the Nakai-san issue, young and mid-career employees were the ones who demanded a clean sweep of the old management, but this time they are united in &#8220;protecting Fuji&#8221; in response to &#8220;external pressure. It is a bad word to use, but I hear some people saying that they do not want to be taken over by financiers with Mr. Kitao in mind.
 Winning the proxy fight depends on convincing the shareholders. In other words, there is an urgent need to restructure governance.
 The company has recently decided to take action against the employees involved in the Nakai issue, and has announced that it will pursue legal responsibility against former president Koichi Minato and former senior managing director Ryo Ohta for their failure to take appropriate action while being aware of the trouble between Mr. Nakai and Ms. A. Mr. B, a former senior executive who was close to Mr. Nakai, was demoted four ranks and made a &#8220;hirahira&#8221; employee.
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 Although Mr. B was not involved in the communication between Mr. Nakai and Ms. A on the day of the trouble, Ms. A was aware of Mr. B&#8217;s presence behind Mr. Nakai and considered it &#8220;an extension of his work. This &#8220;distorted composition&#8221; is a sign of Fuji&#8217;s lack of governance. According to a Fuji Television insider
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Some people on the Internet are saying, &#8216;Why didn&#8217;t they fire B?&#8217; But in light of the employment regulations, it is not a disciplinary dismissal. However, since he was demoted four levels, he was effectively fired. He can&#8217;t go back to the field now.
 Some believe that Mr. B, who is dissatisfied with the punishment, will collude with Mr. Nakai and pursue Fuji, but a Fuji TV insider said, &#8220;There is no way he will team up with Mr. Nakai.
 But a Fuji TV insider said, &#8220;I don&#8217;t think he will work with Mr. Nakai. But a Fuji TV source said, &#8220;I don&#8217;t think he will work with Mr. Nakai, since he was involved in the incident because of Mr. Nakai&#8217;s mistake. If there is any such thing, it would be an expose against Fuji, but Mr. B will receive a huge severance pay when he quits because he was not dismissed on disciplinary grounds. I am sure he has that in mind.
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 He must have that in mind,&#8221; he pointed out.
<h2> Poor Mr. F.&#8221;</h2>
 On the other hand, Fuji made an unusual reference in its report to Mr. F, who was then the general manager of the Announcement Office in the Programming and Production Bureau, and who was consulted by Ms. A about the damage. By cross-checking her position at the time, it is clear that this Mr. F is an active female announcer.
 On June 5, Fuji Television announced on its website that
 On June 5, Fuji Television announced on its website that it had taken disciplinary action against Anna F. &#8220;Normally, we do not make public announcements about those who have not been subject to disciplinary action.
 However, the following statement was made on its homepage,
 However, since Mr. F&#8217;s real name and photo were published in some of the weekly magazine reports, and the slanderous remarks without basis in fact were particularly severe, Fuji Television considered it necessary to show that he was not the subject of disciplinary action, and so it has decided to make this public announcement.
 The company made the unusual announcement.
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 Anna F was Ms. A&#8217;s former supervisor, who was left alone in charge of her support desk, and was said to have suffered from being &#8220;caught between a rock and a hard place&#8221; with upper management, who were trying to keep the trouble quiet.
 The report states
 The report states, &#8220;It was difficult for a manager who was not a specialist in psychological support to take on the responsibility of communicating with a subordinate who had developed PTSD on her own.
 The report concludes that &#8220;Mr. F had a heavy burden.
 The report also states that &#8220;Mr. F. had a heavy burden.
 Regarding the behind-the-scenes circumstances that led to Fuji Television&#8217;s unusual announcement, a current employee in his 40s at Fuji Television said
 There was a tremendous outcry within the station, saying, &#8216;Poor Ms. F.. The duties assigned to her are beyond the discretion of an individual. It is said that not only volunteers from the announcements office, but even employees from other departments pleaded for the restoration of Anna F&#8217;s honor during the third-party committee hearing. While taking severe punishment against President Minato and Mr. B, F Anna, who suffered labor damage, will be rescued. This should also appeal to our stakeholders.&#8221;
 He said, &#8220;I think this should also appeal to the stakeholders.
 We then asked Fuji TV, &#8220;Is it true that Fuji TV employees petitioned the company to restore Mr. F&#8217;s honor?&#8221; We asked Fuji TV, &#8220;Is it true that Fuji TV employees petitioned the company to restore Mr. F&#8217;s honor?
 Fuji TV answered, &#8220;There were voices from within the company that wanted Mr. F&#8217;s honor restored.
 The answer was &#8220;Yes, there was a desire to restore Mr. F&#8217;s honor from within the company.
 Regarding the general shareholders&#8217; meeting, the voting advisory firm Institutional Shareholder Services Inc. recently revealed that it had encouraged Fuji to vote in favor of all the company&#8217;s proposals, including the Fuji&#8217;s new structure. How will this &#8220;external pressure&#8221; play out?

 Shinji Hasuo (Mr. Nakai), Kazuhiko Nakamura (President Shimizu)

 Fuji Television's problems stemming from Masahiro Nakai's problems with women. As the climax of the general shareholders meeting was approaching on June 25, Fuji Television announced a statement on its website titled "Disciplinary Action, etc. The "unusual reference" in the statement has become a topic of conversation. ......

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