(FILES) This file photo taken on May 21, 2022 shows then-Chinese Prime Minister Wen Jiabao (L) meeting with members of the Japanese pop group SMAP, including Masahiro Nakai (R), during Wen's diplomatic visit to Japan, at a hotel in Tokyo. Major TV networks have distanced themselves from one of Japan's biggest 1990s boy band stars after media reports said he paid a woman a large settlement related to alleged sexual misconduct. The reports, which emerged December 2024, said that Masahiro Nakai, a 52-year-old former member of the hugely popular group SMAP, had paid a woman a lump sum of 90 million yen (570,000 USD). (Photo by YOSHIKAZU TSUNO / AFP) (Photo by YOSHIKAZU TSUNO/AFP via Getty Images)