Japanese comedian Hitoshi Matsumoto is set to drop a defamation suit against a publisher over a sex scandal report in a ...

In January, Matsumoto filed a 550 million yen suit with the Tokyo District Court against publisher Bungeishunju Ltd. over ...

The lawsuit was filed over a Shukan Bunshun article that detailed sexual assault allegations made by two women.

Japan’s Shukan Bunshun magazine published a report in 2023 quoting two women who alleged Mr Hitoshi Matsumoto, now 61, forced ...

Hitoshi Matsumoto and publisher Bungeishunju Ltd. agreed to the withdrawal of a lawsuit filed by Matsumoto over a weekly magazine’s article alleging that the comedian forced two women to perform ...

Popular Japanese comedian Matsumoto Hitoshi has dropped a defamation lawsuit against a publisher and one of its magazine ...

Japanese comedian and TV personality Hitoshi Matsumoto dropped a 550 million yen ($3.6 million) lawsuit against publisher Bungei Shunju Ltd. on Friday for defamation for reporting that he had forced ...

Comedian Hitoshi Matsumoto will take a break from his career following accusations of sexual assault reported by a weekly magazine last month. Yoshimoto Kogyo Co., Matsumoto’s management ...

Popular actor and filmmaker Philippe Lacheau (“Alibi”), who’s hosted four seasons of “LOL: Tu ris, Tu perds,” the hit French ...

Then an influential comedian, Hitoshi Matsumoto, queried why TV Asahi had allowed a female reporter to continue covering Mr Fukuda if they knew he was sexually harassing her. "If they made her go ...

The fictitious Matsumoto family consist of four members: Hitoshi Matsumoto who plays the mom; Tôru Hotohara as the dad; Kenji Tamura as the son and lastly Sada as the daughter. With this ...

“LOL: Last One Laughing,” the Amazon Prime blockbuster comedy format that’s been adapted in over 20 territories, is set for a bold French spinoff that involves hidden cameras. Whereas the ...