Fujishima ‘Julie’ Keiko has quit as president of Johnny and Associates, the Japanese talent agency that is embroiled in a poisonous child sex abuse scandal. The alleged abuses were committed over s…
, the Japanese talent agency that is embroiled in a poisonous child sex abuse scandal., Fujishima’s uncle, two external reports have found. Some of the boys were still of elementary school age when they were allegedly abused.
Fujishima will be replaced as president by actor Higashiyama Noriyuki, a long-term employee of the powerhouse agency and host of the TV Asahi show “Sunday LIVE!!” The company held a press conference on Thursday to announce the leadership change and take press questions over its responses and remedies to the scandal.against young agency talents prior to his death at age 87 in 2019.that it had commissioned. The investigators were former Prosecutor General Hayashi Makoto, psychiatrist Asukai Nozomu and practicing clinical psychologist Saito Azusa. They held meetings with 41 former Johnny’s clients and senior staff between May and August.
The report said that the company must accept that the claims of abuse are true, apologize and make amends. It recommended that Fujishima depart in order to avoid issues of family control and to ensure “total reform” of the company. Additionally, the report noted “neglect and concealment” and “sloppy management” at Johnny’s Junior and failures of oversight by the company’s management board.
Since the publication of the second report last week, Japanese media companies including broadcasters, Fuji TV, TV Asahi, TBS, NTV, TV Tokyo have issued statements. They pledged to monitor the agency’s reaction and protect talents against future abuse and other human rights violations.
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