THE ASAHI SHIMBUN
November 11, 2023 at 16:57 JST
Lawyers Hiroshi Kawahito, left, and Koji Inoue during a Nov. 10 news conference at which they outlined the long working hours and power harassment a young Takarazuka Revue member had to endure prior to her death. (Takaya Katada)
Lawyers outlined the final days of a budding entertainer of the famed all-female Takarazuka Revue who took her own life in late September after sacrificing sleep to perfect her art and enduring daily verbal abuse from the older members. [Read More]
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