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. Yuichi Yamazaki/Getty Imagea

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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