coverage which led more people to come forward saying that they had also been abused. victim said the agency needed to do more to make amends. let s bring in an entertainment commentator whojoins us let s bring in an entertainment commentator who joins us live. thank you so much forjoining us at newsday. now, of course, within now deceased we cannot give him the right of reply. but there were rumours of abuse and even court cases when he was alive. in your view, how significant is this investigation s outcome? significant is this investiuation s outcome? ~ investigation s outcome? well, there is a couple investigation s outcome? well, there is a couple of investigation s outcome? well, there is a couple of ways - investigation s outcome? well, there is a couple of ways to - there is a couple of ways to answer that. there is a couple of ways to answerthat. in there is a couple of ways to answer that. in terms of the company which was by far the most powerful agency in japanese music
young boys. thank you so much forjoining young boys. thank you so much forjoining us- young boys. thank you so much forjoining us. as young boys. thank you so much forjoining us. as he forjoining us. as he mentioned, he is now deceased so we cannot give him the right of reply but this was an investigation done by an independent group which found, which said that the head of the agency must step down. the foreign secretary james cleverley from the uk has travelled to beijing. the first such visit in five years. trade between the two countries is likely to top the agenda but there are many other thorny issues to discuss. for example, britain is unhappy over china s growing military support of russia in its war in ukraine. london has also voiced concerns about china s crackdown in hong kong as well as its ongoing treatment of the uyghurs. the governments of britain and china really want these talks to go ahead. but even after five years,
have pointed to, is how interwoven this whole thing is with japanese society. i mean, there was basically a code of silence, if you like, around this whole issue, as you said. there were court cases, there was a report on the one magazine that will do actual investigative reporting in japan and in 1999 they reported on the years abuse allegations against him. and johnny and associates suit that magazine. that is alongside the but, basically, no other media in japan would cover this story. nor would the police investigate it. so there really is a wide, widespread implication of societal, societally weighed cover up for the story. societally weighed cover up for the sto . , , ., ., the story. this investigation also criticised the story. this investigation also criticised the the story. this investigation also criticised the japanese| also criticised the japanese media s role in not investigating allegations which, as you said, were made decades ago. but withjohnny s p0p decades ago.
happen next and how will japanese media be covering this investigation s outcome?- investigation s outcome? fight, well, that is investigation s outcome? fight, well, that is a investigation s outcome? fight, well, that is a good investigation s outcome? fight, well, that is a good question. . well, that is a good question. but of all we should note that johnny s pop star is don t dominate the media scene and the entertainment scene the way they have in the past. there is certainly present and they do some tv shows but they are not dominant the way they were in the past where the top five hits on the japanese charts would all bejohnnies and associates artists. what will happen? i think that the japanese media will still treat this gingerly. they certainly won t point to any industrywide problem or a societal problem. they will say that it may be johnny was a bad guy or he could not help himself or something like that. i they will be forced to reckon with the fact that he was a ye