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Fuji TV distributed a document titled "Regarding reports on our employees in some weekly magazines, etc." and released a statement saying, "The employee in question is not involved in any way, including setting up the meeting." However, to no avail, Weekly Bunshun published a follow-up report. According to the report, in early June 2023, Ms. X had been invited by Nakai to a large group meal, but just before the meal, Nakai sent her a message saying, "It's raining heavily today, so no one can come, but is it okay for just the two of us?", and the two of them ended up alone in a closed room, where she was subjected to sexual acts against her will. Huh? Wasn't it said that Fuji TV employees were not involved? Ms. X consulted her superior, announcer Kyoko Sasaki, who was the head of the announcement department, but she revealed that Sasaki only said, "That must have been tough. Let's take a break for a while." The report was not limited to Weekly Bunshun, and Weekly Shincho also published a similar follow-up report. This makes it unclear what the purpose of the press release is. If it turns out that this "cancellation" was a conspiracy and that the entire company was involved, Fuji TV could be in danger of collapse. This is because there has never been a case where a company has committed sexual abuse of a talent to this extent. At Fuji TV, announcer Eriko Komuro collapsed during a live broadcast of the information program "Mezamashi 8" on November 11, 2024. In the first place, it is hard to believe that there is a culture of having announcers attend drinking parties with talents and clients when a lot of work is assigned to young announcers and they are overworked. Even if it is a drinking party, these types of drinking parties are not private but "under the control of the employer" and are "work," and any accidents (injuries, illnesses, disabilities, deaths) that occur as a result of them could be recognized as industrial accidents. Will the Labor Standards Inspection Office ignore the actual labor conditions at such TV stations?