Sep 19, 2023
Japan firms cut ties with boyband agency over sex abuse
Japanese newspapers in 2019 report on the death of Johnny Kitagawa, founder of Johnny & Associates.
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From the BBC World Service: Major brands are severing ties with Johnny and Associates, Japan's biggest talent agency, following a sex abuse scandal. Then, a closer examination of the Libyan dam disaster.
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