Overview

• TBS acknowledged it was inappropriate to use an active traffic investigation as quiz material and apologized to Ryoko Hirosue and related parties.
• The apology was posted on October 9 on the official website of the program All-Star After Festival ’25 Autumn.
• The episode aired in the early hours of October 5 and posed a question about who had not driven at 165 km/h, listing Hirosue among the choices with the host citing reports of that speed.
• Hirosue’s talent agency said it sent a certified protest on October 6 demanding corrective measures to restore her reputation.
• Shizuoka police and the local prosecutors’ office continue to investigate the April expressway crash and alleged injury at a hospital, with no final legal resolution announced.