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Toyota, Shiseido among dozens of firms to pull ads from Japan's Fuji TV network over sex scandal

Broadcaster Fuji Television is facing allegations company officials tried to cover up a sex scandal involving one of the country’s most famous TV hosts

The Independent UK · Jan 21, 2025

U.N. group says people abused by late Japanese boy band producer deserve apologies and compensation

The men who came forward to allege they were sexually abused as teenagers by Japanese boy band producer Johnny Kitagawa now have a powerful listener: the United Nations

The Independent UK · Aug 4, 2023

Former teen performers accuse an agent of sexual assault. They're hoping it's Japan's Me Too moment

At least a dozen men have come forward this year to say they were sexually assaulted as teenagers by Johnny Kitagawa, a boy band impresario who was one of the most powerful people in Japanese entertainment for decades

The Independent UK · Jul 13, 2023