In addition to being hit with sexual harassment, wrongful termination and other allegations, Kanye West has now been accused of ‘evading’ several lawsuits.

The Japanese government said Thursday it has pulled advertisements from Fuji Television in the wake of sexual assault allegations lodged against its celebrity host, as the company slashed profit forecasts.

Japanese media are still failing to report sexual assault cases properly, a key figure in the country's nascent #MeToo movement told AFP in the wake of the scandal surrounding celebrity

Public mea culpas are a corporate ritual in Japan. For Fuji TV, the resignations and public apologies of two bosses didn’t assuage public anger.

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The chairman and president of Japan's Fuji Television resigned Monday, weeks after a celebrity presenter and former pop star was accused of sexual assault.

Japanese media are still failing to report sexual assault cases properly, a key figure in the country's nascent #MeToo movement told AFP in the wake of the scandal surrounding celebrity Masahiro Nakai and Fuji TV.

TOKYO - The chairman and president of Japan’s Fuji Television resigned on Jan 27, weeks after a celebrity presenter and former pop star was accused of sexual assault. Criticism has mounted from advertisers and the public over the scandal, which centres around TV host and J-pop megastar Masahiro Nakai.

Fuji TV pledged an external investigation and leadership changes. Masahiro Nakai, a TV host and former pop star in Japan, retires after sexual assault report (Image credits: AP)

Fuji Television President Koichi Minato, Fuji Media Holding Inc. Chairman and Fuji Television Network Inc. Chairman Shuji Kano, announced on Monday at a press conference attended by more than 400 members of the media that they were stepping down from their positions in the wake of a sexual misconduct allegation against Masahiro Nakai,

Novelist Asako Yuzuki took inspiration from Kijima’s case to create a fictional narrative for her novel Butter. It’s a story in which a journalist covering the story of a woman murderer is sucked into her swirling obsession with butter and indulgent food, exposing fat-phobia and sexism in Japanese society.