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Sep 11, 2023

Major Japanese brands re-evaluate ad deals with scandal-hit Johnny & Associates

Japan's biggest boyband agency has admitted that its late founder sexually abused young aspiring stars decades after the allegations against him first emerged, forcing major Japanese brands to re-evaluate their existing ad contracts with the company.

(L-R) New president of Johnny & Associates Noriyuki Higashiyama and outgoing president Julie Keiko Fujishima apologising at a press conference (Photo: Getty).

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