Fuji Media Holdings Head Osamu Kanemitsu, 3 Other Executives to Resign
The company also recorded an "impairment loss" of about 26 billion yen (about US$180 million) for the fiscal year ending on March 2025. Mainly as a result, it revised its forecast of a net income of 9.8 billion yen (about US$68 million) for the fiscal year downward to a net loss of 20.1 billion yen (about US$139 million).The company also announced new reform measures for the company, which include the establishment of systems to prevent human rights abuses, restructuring its departments and executive board, and raising the ratio of women and younger employees in executive and senior management positions.In December, the Weekly Bunshun magazine reported that former SMAP member Masahiro Nakai engaged in nonconsensual sexual activities with a woman in June 2023, resulting in a 90 million yen (about US$580,000) out-of-court settlement. Weekly Bunshun also reported Fuji TV staff was involved with the incident, although the magazine later said the woman was not initially invited to the gathering by a Fuji TV official as it had reported in December. In the aftermath, Fuji TV president Koichi Minato and Fuji Media Holdings Inc. chairman Shuji Kano resigned their positions.After news of the scandal broke, many companies have since pulled their ads from airing on Fuji TV, or have asked the channel to suspend their sponsored programs. The long-running family anime Sazae-san had an 11-week drought of sponsors that only ended in early April, while the family anime stalwart Chibi Maruko-chan is still running without sponsors. Reruns of Assassination Classroom and Call of the Night (which also has an upcoming second season set to premiere on Fuji TV in July) are also running without sponsors.Source: The Japan Times, Fuji Media Holdings website (link 2, link 3, link 4)
