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Johnny Kitagawa: J-pop talent agency’s president resigns amid sex abuse scandal

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The president of Japan’s biggest boy band agency admitted for the first time its late founder sexually abused young stars, as she announced her resignation on September 7, 2023. A panel estimated at least "a few hundred" aspiring boy band idols collectively dubbed "Johnny’s Jrs" had been victimised by music mogul Johnny Kitagawa, who died in 2019, aged 87. The accusations against him date as far back as the 1950s.

September 7, 2023