Scenes that includes a Japanese comic in a program to be aired by Nippon Television Network Corp have been reduce following a media report alleging he grabbed a lady by the arm to power her to go to a lodge in 2015, the broadcaster mentioned Saturday.
Takayuki Kinoshita, one half of comedy duo TKO, has admitted to taking the lady to a lodge however denied coercion. The revelation comes as Japan’s leisure trade has been hit by a string of intercourse scandals involving well-known TV personalities.
Nippon Television determined to chop the 53-year-old comic’s scenes from its program following a media report on the lady’s allegation.
Without naming Kinoshita, the lady, a YouTuber, not too long ago wrote on the X social media platform {that a} comic grabbed her arm after she refused to go to a lodge following a meal.
Kinoshita took to his YouTube channel on Thursday, saying in a video that whereas he did invite the lady to go to a lodge, he had no intention of forcing her. He apologized if the lady felt she was coerced.
Broadcasters have turn into more and more delicate to sexual assaults in Japan, with TV host Masahiro Nakai and comic Hitoshi Matsumoto embroiled in sexual misconduct scandals.
Nakai, who was a member of the previous pop group SMAP, has retired from present enterprise, whereas Matsumoto has but to renew his profession.
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