Entertainment

Fuji TV, Crippled by Scandal, Airs Flagship Anime Without Sponsors

Viewers in Japan were shocked this week when both Sazae-san and Chibi Maruko-chan aired without a sponsor placard or commercials.

What better destination could there be for Vtuber fans than Tokyo? Here are some great places to check out when in town for the Expo.

Some diehard fans say there's a reason ex-SMAP member Nakai Masahiro is behaving badly: because the actual Nakai is dead.

Will Fuji TV disappear from Japan's airwaves? That's what some are wondering as the company loses most of its sponsors.

The president of Fuji TV held what may be the world's most cowardly press conference, forbidding it from being streamed live or rebroadcast.

The station reported a loss for the third year running. To help plug the hole, it says it plans to collect fees from residents without TVs.

Actor Yoshizawa Ryo is out of a contract with Asahi Beer after drunkenly wandering into an apartment that wasn't his.

A small cosmetics company in Japan was using its official account to attack the band number_i, as well as McDonald's and Suntory.

Nakai Masahiro isn't talking about the eyebrow-raising lawsuit he settled. In response, some TV stations seem to be taking him off the air.