Entertainment
Scandal-hit Fuji Media Holds 10-Hour Briefing to Repair Damage
- Chairman, head of TV arm step down over harassment scandal
- Company to set up independent probe, consider wider reform
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Under attack for its handling of a sexual misconduct scandal, Japan’s Fuji Media Holdings Inc. sought to recover its tarnished reputation by holding a 10-hour press conference in Tokyo.
The event, which was attended by hundreds of journalists and ended around 2 am on Tuesday morning, came after the company was lambasted for excluding TV cameras and most reporters from a previous briefing on the incident. Fuji Media announced in advance that two of its most senior officials would step down to take responsibility for the scandal that has already ended the career of one of Japan’s best-known entertainers and halted advertising.