THE ASAHI SHIMBUN
September 7, 2023 at 18:29 JST
Noriyuki Higashiyama, the president of Smile-Up Inc., the successor to Johnny & Associates Inc. (Asahi Shimbun file photo)
The president of Johnny & Associates Inc., a talent agency that nurtured some of the biggest boy bands and male idols in Japan, has resigned to take responsibility for decades of sexual abuse by her uncle, the agency founder. [Read More]
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