In a bit of a surprise, the BBC revealed today a documentary on the Burning Sun scandal called Burning Sun: Exposing The Secret K-Pop Chat Groups that mostly centers the …
Read More »Higashiyama Noriyuki’s interview with the BBC for their Johnny Kitagawa docu follow-up was a mess
Around a couple of weeks ago, the BBC previewed their follow-up documentary to their original that finally managed to topple at least the legacy of Johnny Kitagawa through shining a …
Read More »SMILE-UP’s Higashiyama Noriyuki says there were 2 abusers other than Johnny Kitagawa + follow-up documentary coming
BBC reporter Mobeen Azhar is doing a follow-up to his documentary on the Johnny Kitagawa sexual abuse case from last year, Predator: The Secret Scandal Of J-Pop. In an article …
Read More »Comedian Matsumoto Hitoshi to go on hiatus amid sexual assault allegations
Around couple of weeks ago, Shukan Bunshun printed a story in which two women accused comedian Matsumoto Hitoshi of rape/sexual assault. The comedian’s agency, Yoshimoto Kogyo, denied the claim and …
Read More »Comedian Matsumoto Hitoshi accused of sexual assault by 2 women, agency issues denial
Matsumoto Hitoshi, a member of the popular comedic duo Downtown that you’re most likely to recognize from Gaki No Tsukai, has been accused of sexual assault by two women* via …
Read More »Kris Wu’s appeal denied, will serve 13-year sentence for multiple rapes
Almost a year ago to the day, Kris Wu was sentenced to 13 years in prison for the rape of multiple women (as well as group licentiousness). He, of course, …
Read More »Johnny & Associates to be renamed ‘Smile-Up’ to handle victim compensation, will create new fan-named company to manage artists + 478 victims come forward
At their last press conference about a month ago, Johnny & Associates announced that while they would be making changes in response to the report on founder Johnny Kitagawa’s sexual …
Read More »Former boy group member sentenced to only probation despite years of sexual assault of a fellow member
Back in April of this year, it was revealed that a former member of a boy group had been charged with sexually assaulting (and raping) a fellow member while in …
Read More »Johnny & Associates accepts report on founder’s sexual abuse as fact, President Julie Fujishima resigns & Higashiyama Noriyuki takes over
Following a report by a third-party investigation into sexual abuse claims against Johnny & Associates founder Johnny Kitagawa that found the accusations factual, current President of the company Julie Fujishima …
Read More »Johnny & Associates third-party investigation details Johnny Kitagawa’s sexual abuse, criticizes company inaction & recommends sweeping changes
First of all, apologies for getting behind on updating the Johnny Kitagawa sexual abuse case, but while I’ve been compiling information for another post, breaking news emerged as Johnny & …
Read More »