(Update) Fuji Media Heavyweight Hieda to Step Down
Tokyo, March 27 (Jiji Press)--Fuji Media Holdings Inc., parent of scandal-embattled Fuji Television Network Inc., announced Thursday that Hisashi Hieda will step down as the two firms' executive managing adviser.
The move is aimed at reforming the media group's corporate culture, believed to be behind its mishandling of a sex scandal involving former TV star Masahiro Nakai. Some had said that Hieda, who has strong sway in the group, was all but certain to have to resign.
(2025/03/27-18:09)
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