Smile-Up Inc., the successor company to Johnny & Associates Inc., said Friday it has started compensating victims of sexual abuse by the Japanese talent agency's late founder Johnny Kitagawa, with 23 of the more than 800 people seeking redress receiving payments.
Japan's Prime Minister Fumio Kishida on Monday announced his government's intention to provide subsidies to nursery and educational institutions for the installation of security cameras as a measure t
Japan's public broadcaster NHK reports a man has alleged the late founder of scandal-hit male talent agency Johnny & Associates Inc. sexually abused him as a high schooler at its broadcasting center in Tokyo.
Johnny & Associates Inc., a leading Japanese talent agency embattled over a sex abuse scandal involving its late founder, is considering launching a new firm to manage its performers in a bid to mitigate the reputational fallout from the revelations, sources close to the matter say.