Johnny Kitagawa sexual abuse scandal
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title:
Johnny Kitagawa sexual abuse scandal
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Hikaru Genji e In 2023, it was revealed that Johnny Kitagawa (1931–2019), the founder of the Japanese talent agency Johnny & Associates, had committed repeated acts of sexual abuse from the early 1970s until the mid-2010s. Considered one of the most powerful figures in the Japanese entertainment industry, Kitagawa held a virtual monopoly on the creation of boy bands in Japan for more than forty years. No criminal charges were ever filed against Kitagawa, as the Japanese media had covered up the
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Japanese entertainment industry scandal
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johnny_Kitagawa_sexual_abuse_scandal
date created:
2023-09-02T08:31:03Z
date modified:
2024-09-05T07:38:45Z
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