Fuji TV’s so-called “redo press conference,” which lasted 10 and a half hours, has become a hot topic. A press conference of 10 and a half hours is unheard of, but it is also proof that Nakai Masahiro’s problems are attracting public attention.
It is said that it started with Nakai’s trouble with a woman, but in the end, Nakai retired from the entertainment industry without knowing what happened, and the content of the press conference held by Fuji TV was also unclear, and Fuji TV is still in a situation where it is unclear when it will resume commercials.
Perhaps because Fuji TV does not have commercials, the 10 and a half hour press conference was broadcast without any cuts, without any commercials. This is also an unusual schedule.
Again, this is probably because Nakai’s problems are attracting public attention. Seeing how much of a fuss it has caused, one can assume that Nakai must have done something terrible to the woman, but since we do not know what actually happened, a third party cannot make any judgments.
For someone like me who has little interest in either the entertainment or television industry, this issue appears to be nothing more than an entertainment scandal, and I can’t help but shake my head at the thought of whether it is really that important in today’s Japan, where there are a mountain of social issues to contend with. I even feel a sense of crisis that Japan today has lost track of its priorities. If they are deliberately treating a minor issue as if it were a big deal and wasting time on it in order to divert attention from the most important issues that really need to be discussed, then that is a much bigger problem.

I don’t mean to belittle Nakai’s issue or the state of Fuji TV, but primarily, these are issues that should be resolved between the parties involved, nothing more and nothing less. To me, issues such as the declining birthrate and aging population, regional revitalization, and restarting the economy are much more important, and issues related to the entertainment and television industries seem like niche topics to me. Frankly speaking, no matter what happens to the entertainment and television industries, I don’t think they will have that big of an impact on society in this day and age. (Kitajima Kei)

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