A third-party panel that investigated a series of scandals involving Fuji TV and former TV star Masahiro Nakai concluded that he committed ¡°sexual violence¡± against an unnamed woman for which executives of the broadcaster bear heavy responsibility.
Its long-awaited report, which was submitted to Fuji TV on Monday, acknowledged the nature of the ¡°trouble¡± involving Nakai, a former member of the now-disbanded boy band SMAP, for the first time. The panel determined Nakai¡¯s act to be sexual violence as defined by the World Health Organization.
The panel also said the sexual violence was committed ¡°as an extension of work,¡± which it said made it a work-related problem, adding that Fuji TV should have intervened more actively upon gaining knowledge of the issue.
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