トヨタ、香川照之氏「解任」　年末で契約打ち切り

　トヨタ自動車は１日、企業ＰＲサイト「トヨタイムズ」の編集長役を務める俳優の香川照之氏との契約を打ち切る方針を明らかにした。現在の契約は１２月末で満了する予定で、その後は更新しない。香川氏をめぐっては、女性にわいせつな行為をしていたと一部週刊誌が報じ、本人が謝罪する事態となっていた。トヨタは既に、香川氏が出演するテレビＣＭの放映も見合わせたという。（2022/09/01-12:36）

Toyota Motor Corp. will terminate its contract with Japanese actor Teruyuki Kagawa, who has appeared in its television commercials, following a media report on his alleged sexual assault, it was learned Thursday.
   The leading Japanese automaker will not renew the contract when it expires at the end of December, company officials said. The company has already pulled the commercials featuring Kagawa.
   Kagawa, 56, apologized last week for the scandal, in which he was reported by a weekly magazine to have sexually assaulted a woman.
   Kagawa has been serving as editor-in-chief of "Toyota Times," Toyota's public relations website, including interviewing Toyota President Akio Toyoda, since it was launched in January 2019.
   Meanwhile, Tokyo Broadcasting System Television Inc., or TBS, said the same day that it will remove Kagawa from the role of a host in its weekday morning information program.