Retirement of celebrity Masahiro Nakai at major broadcaster again forces entertainment industry to assess how it handles abuse allegations
For the past month Japan has been gripped by allegations of sexual misconduct involving one of the country’s best-known stars at a major TV network, in what is becoming a litmus test of the entertainment industry’s response to abuse claims against prominent celebrities.
Masahiro Nakai, a former member of the hugely popular boyband Smap, is alleged to have sexually assaulted a woman at a private dinner in June 2023 that was reportedly arranged by a senior member of staff at Fuji TV, one of Japan’s biggest broadcasters.
Ford Motor Co. is recalling more than 270,000 Broncos and Mavericks due to a power problem that can cause vehicles to stop unexpectedly or fail to start
“Last night, Donald Trump granted me a full pardon. I was doing life without parole and I was locked up for more than 11 years. But he let me out. I'm a free man now. So let it be known that Donald Trump is a man of his word,” Ulbricht said in a video posted...
When a 25-year-old government worker was asked in 2007 to allow spoiled rice from Rwanda to be transported across the border to eastern Congo, he knew the risks of resisting corruption
Next month an epic eight-part biopic of the Italian dictator Benito Mussolini airs on Sky. Craig McLean visits the set in Rome and talks to those who worked on the project, including the British director Joe Wright, on the importance of understanding the man behind the bloodshed, why the fascist dictator appealed to so many people, and how he wrote the playbook for 21st-century strongman politics
President Trump’s long-promised ICE raids continued on Thursday — as the total number of illegal migrants nabbed by federal authorities reached 538, including new arrests of pedophiles, gang members, and a suspected terrorist in New York.
The new Tesla Model Y Launch Series is on sale now for £60,990. We’ve had our first look around the all-new Model Y alongside the original to see how they compare.
As BDSM becomes a cultural talking point, Olivia Petter examines what differentiates a consensual sexual practice from abusive behaviour, and why it’s so crucial to understand these polarities
Compared to tired old franchises like ‘Love Island’ and ‘I’m a Celeb’, ‘The Traitors’ continued to shine this January. Across a brilliantly devious third season of the show, it’s the Faithfuls who have been the true villains for their incompetence, argues Hannah Ewens
Allegations of rape, beatings and collusion by EU-funded security forces prompt shift in migration arrangements
The European Commission is fundamentally overhauling how it makes payments to Tunisia after a Guardian investigation exposed myriad abuses by EU-funded security forces, including widespread sexual violence against migrants.
Officials are drawing up “concrete” conditions to ensure that future European payments to Tunis can go ahead only if human rights have not been violated.
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