Turns out they might have had their own Weinstein
[AP]
Japan entertainment company launches probe into sexual abuse allegations
against founder
Tokyo - An investigation by a major Japanese talent agency into sexual
abuse allegations against its founder won't address monetary or
criminality questions but rather aims to prevent such cases in the future,
the lead investigator said Monday.
.....
Allegations against Johnny Kitagawa, a powerful figure in Japanese
entertainment, have been tossed around for decades but he was never
charged with any crime. He died in 2019.
======
rest:
https://apnews.com/article/johnny-kitagawa-scandal-sexual-abuse-japan-322318130758ff68de967da5d8d19017
note: lots of earlier Twitter coverage by
https://twitter.com/jakeadelstein
_____________________________________________________
Knowledge may be power, but communications is the key
dan...@panix.com
[to foil spammers, my address has been double rot-13 encoded]