Kansai TV Pres. Ota Steps Down over Fuji TV Scandal
Osaka, April 4 (Jiji Press)--Kansai Television Co. President Toru Ota said Friday that he resigned the same day over his handling of a sexual assault incident during his time at affiliated Fuji Television Network Inc.
Ota was executive vice president at Fuji TV when the incident occurred in 2023. A third-party investigative panel recently concluded that former TV personality Masahiro Nakai sexually assaulted a then Fuji TV worker in the incident.
(2025/04/04-17:16)
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