Agency compensates 115 victims of Johnny Kitagawa abuse

Talent agency Smile-Up Inc., formerly known as Johnny & Associates Inc., has announced that it has provided compensation to 115 victims ...

Japan opens hotline for male sex abuse victims after scandal rocks talent agency

“We hope victims will feel safe and can consult without hesitation” ...

Japanese companies drop stars of Johnny Kitagawa talent agency amid sex abuse scandal

A number of major Japanese companies have decided to stop working with celebrities represented by Johnny & Associates as the talent agen...

Johnny Kitagawa: J-pop agency head resigns following sex abuse probe

The president of Johnny & Associates has resigned following an internal investigation that concluded the agency’s founder and her late u...

Johnny Kitagawa accusers seek apology, compensation after probe finds abuse

Less than a week after an investigation concluded that late Japanese boy band producer Johnny Kitagawa had sexually assaulted and abused boy...

Johnny Kitagawa: Sex abuse probe prompts call for resignation of talent agency head

A team of experts investigating allegations of sexual abuse by late boy band mogul Johnny Kitagawa has urged Julie Keiko Fujishima, the curr...

UN backs ‘hundreds’ of alleged sexual assault victims of late Japanese boy band producer

A United Nations working group has voiced its support for what it says are “several hundred” sexual assault victims of late Japanese boy ban...

Former J-pop idol alleges boy band mogul Johnny Kitagawa sexually abused him

The late Johnny Kitagawa, an American-born Japanese businessman and talent manager, has been accused of sexually abusing Kauan Okamoto, a fo...