Family cover-ups and media silence helped enable showbiz guru and sexual deviant Johnny Kitagawa to abuse perhaps hundreds of boys over several decades, a special team investigating the allegations said.
A former member of a pop idol group will share his experiences of sexual abuse by the founder of the entertainment agency Johnny & Associates Inc. with United Nations human rights experts visiting Japan.
U.N. human rights experts are expected to conduct a hearing over the alleged sexual abuses committed by Johnny Kitagawa, founder of the entertainment agency Johnny & Associates Inc., during their visit to Japan from July 24.
Four former pop idols who say they were sexually abused as youngsters by the late don of a powerful talent agency are behind a petition drive to revise the Child Abuse Prevention Law.
A former idol described a talent agency’s statement of apology as an “act of desperation” and rejected the company president’s claim that she was unaware of the sexual abuse suspicions surrounding star-maker Johnny Kitagawa.