The Takarazuka Revue Company will admit that senior troupe members committed power harassment against another member who later died by apparent suicide, lawyers representing the bereaved family said on Feb. 27.
The lawyers representing the bereaved family of a 25-year-old Takarazuka Revue Co. member who died in September in an apparent suicide released a written opinion on Dec. 7 alleging power harassment within the troupe.
Lawyers outlined the final days of a budding entertainer of the famed all-female Takarazuka Revue who took her own life in late September after sacrificing sleep to perfect her art and enduring daily verbal abuse from the older members.
Yuichiro Tamaki, 54, was re-elected as leader of the opposition Democratic Party for the People (DPP) after defeating his only rival, Seiji Maehara, 61, the party’s acting head.
The government pledged to slash the pollen count in half over the next 30 years to make life more tolerable for the millions of people in Japan who suffer from hay fever each spring.