I’m like, “I wake up in the morning and I have a beer, it’s good. It’s the best. I also drink sake, which I only really do on New Year’s. I drink sake as much as I can. Masahiro Nakai, 53, said on his radio show at the end of last year how he spent the New Year’s holiday. He is a successful entertainer and enjoys getting away from it all on his occasional days off, but he retired from show business in January of this year. He says he is fed up with a life where he can be lazy and no one complains about it. Nakai, who has demonstrated his talent not only as an idol and actor but also as a host, has always been extremely busy during the year-end and New Year holidays. He has hosted the NHK Kohaku Uta Gassen a total of six times, and he is also the MC for a music program that straddles the year, “CDTV Special! (TBS) four times. The end of the year, when the number of special programs increased, was a time when Mr. Nakai had more opportunities to play an active role. He took a leave of absence only in 2022 due to medical treatment, but even then he said, “It’s a strange feeling not having me on the year-end and New Year’s programs. Recently, he has been going out more frequently, and he is even showing a desire to play golf and mahjong, which have been his hobbies for many years,” says a source in the entertainment industry.
Unexpected development” of Fuji’s huge lawsuit
The huge lawsuit against Fuji Television’s parent company, Fuji Media Holdings (FMH), has attracted a lot of attention due to the amount of money claimed, which is 5 billion yen. Three months have passed since the lawsuit was filed in August of this year, and it is said to have taken an unexpected turn. In fact, the trial has not progressed at all, and seems to be in a stalemate. Currently, the case is still in the process of the dispute resolution procedure, in which the grounds for both plaintiffs’ and defendants’ claims are clarified and the points in dispute are sorted out, but we have heard that the judges have been expressing difficulty in understanding FMH’s arguments. As a result, the case is taking longer than expected, including the resubmission of documents. Many people considered it “unreasonable” to claim that Mr. Minato and Mr. Ohta, the former management team, were directly responsible for the damages incurred by FMH. To begin with, there was a sense of refusal within the company to sue former employees who had worked with them for many years, but now there are not only fears that the trial will be protracted, but there are also those who question the legitimacy of the compensation claim itself.