THE ASAHI SHIMBUN
October 2, 2023 at 18:51 JST
Noriyuki Higashiyama, second from right, president of Johnny & Associates, announces the new company name, "Smile-Up," at a news conference on Oct. 2. (Takeshi Iwashita)
Talent agency Johnny & Associates Inc. said Oct. 2 that it will drop the name of its sexual predator founder and be renamed “Smile-Up” tasked with compensating hundreds of abuse victims. [Read More]
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