Bowing, Scraping, and Burning Bridges in Japan: Lessons From The $305 Million Dollar Losses Of The Fuji TV Scandal

"If it's not fun, it's not TV"–This year Japan's entertainment conglomerate Fuji Television paid a high price for letting sexual abuse go unchecked in their empire. That's not fun, just plain dumb.

This Wednesday, September 24, Dr. Igor Prusa delivered a seminal lecture at the Foreign Correspondents’ Club of Japan on the Fuji TV scandal—a case that exposed how one of Japan’s most powerful broadcasters nearly imploded under sexual misconduct, corporate arrogance, and the cowardice of a compliant press. With his generous help, notes, and insight, I’…