The founding father of J-pop molested young talents for years. When the BBC revealed his crimes in an explosive documentary, Japan’s mainstream media didn’t want to know.
The Daily Beast“When you consider how much of the acting and talent pool here includes those who were under Johnny, airing that documentary is likely to have adverse repercussions on developing original programming in the future.”
Since the documentary aired, several former Johnny’s talents have come forward as victims of Johnny Kitagawa’s sexual abuse, adding to the attention around the case. Kauan Okamoto, a Brazilian-Japanese entertainer and former Johnny’s Jr. member,on April 12 about the abuse he endured at the hands of Kitagawa. He estimated that as many as one hundred talents have been victimized.
It was a minute-long video issued to the media on a Sunday and not a press conference where there would have been questions they didn’t want to answer. In the video, Julie Keiko Fujishima, the current president of the company offered her apologies for the “social turmoil” caused by the scandal, rather than years of systematic abuse. She acknowledged Okamoto’s allegations but denied any knowledge about the sexual abuse.Foreign Correspondents’ Club of JapanThe survivors featured in the documentary and those who have come forward more recently have expressed that they still hold the company in high regard.
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