Scandal-hit Fuji Media draws interest from firm with ties to activist Murakami

New shareholder with 5% stake in broadcaster expected to join calls for change

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Fuji Television headquarters in Tokyo. The broadcaster is involved in a sexual assault scandal. (Photo by Annu Nishioka)

KAZUHIRO NOGUCHI

TOKYO -- An investment company associated with activist investor Yoshiaki Murakami now owns more than 5% of Fuji Media Holdings, a Japanese broadcaster mired in a corporate governance disaster stemming from sexual assault allegations against a former television host.

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