It was already a given that the nation¡¯s eyes would be fixed on Fuji TV¡¯s news conference on Monday.

Who would have thought that the issue of a reportedly secret ?90 million settlement paid to a woman by one of Japan¡¯s top TV celebrities and boy band star ¡ª the fallen and now-retired Masahiro Nakai ¡ª would have spawned such chaos?

But little did I know that I was about to sit through the longest news conference I have ever experienced, perhaps will ever experience in my life ¡ª 10 hours and 23 minutes.