Internal Affairs and Communications Minister Kunio Hatoyama hinted Friday at the possibility that pop star Tsuyoshi Kusanagi, who was arrested and released after being found naked at a park in April, could star again as the face of the government's digital terrestrial broadcasting campaign.

"The chance isn't zero," Hatoyama told a news conference following a regular Cabinet meeting Friday morning. "I think he reflected on himself after being involved in an incident like that. I'd like him to take this opportunity to mature further. We'll decide whether we'll let him star again in the campaign after evaluating how far he has improved himself."

The Association for Promotion of Digital Broadcasting and commercial broadcasters have expressed willingness to accept Kusanagi's comeback.

"We'd like to make a final decision after seeing the public's reactions to his behavior since his return to the entertainment world," said Michisada Hirose, head of the National Association of Commercial Broadcasters in Japan.

Kusanagi, a member of all-male pop unit SMAP, was arrested on April 23 on suspicion of public indecency after he was discovered drunk and naked in a Tokyo park, but prosecutors did not indict him. Kusanagi returned to his entertainment activities on May 28.

Source Mainichi.Jp

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