"Juniors" would regularly sleep over at Kitagawa's apartment in groups, with one or several being targeted by Kitagawa for the night, he said. One former "Junior", Kauan Okamoto, told a press conference in April that he had been the target of Kitagawa's advances on as many as 20 occasions since he was 15. An opposition party put forward a bill, which failed to pass during the last session of parliament. The first media reports of Kitagawa's abuses of boys and young men, known as Johnny's Juniors, were carried by local tabloid Shukan Bunshun in 1999, but the scandal blew wide open this year as more victims came forward after the BBC's report.Ī victims' group called for revisions to laws to protect children not only from abuse by a parent or guardian but other adults in positions of power. Major insurer Tokio Marine & Nichido Fire Insurance (8766.T) also said it would consider terminating its contract with the agency. The agency's official confirmation of Kitagawa's conduct prompted Japan Airlines (9201.T) to announce that it would suspend the use of Johnny & Associates' talent in its advertisements. The agency had yet to work out how that would work. It's not like the emotional scars are gone but I think out of 100 points things have gotten a little easier by about 10."įujishima, who is the sole owner of the company, said she would stay on as representative director until the work of compensating the victims was complete. Yukihiro Ohshima, a member of the Johnny's Sexual Assault Victims' Association, said: "I think she acknowledged and sincerely apologised for what happened.
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