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07/09/2023 13:06 GMT: Japan boyband agency boss resigns over predator's abuse

Japan boyband agency boss resigns over predator's abuse

BBC World Service - Newshour, Japan boyband agency boss resigns over predator's abuse

The sexual abuse had been committed by the agency's late founder, Johnny Kitagawa

The boss of Japan's biggest pop talent agency has resigned after admitting the sexual abuse committed by its late founder.

The head of Japan's most powerful talent agency resigns over allegations that her late uncle - who founded the firm - sexually abused young men.

Julie Fujishima's departure comes a week after investigators found Johnny and Associates' founder Kitagawa abused hundreds of boys and young men over six decades.

Also in the programme: America agrees to send Ukraine tank shells made of depleted uranium; and how Italian experts are helping to repair Odesa's cathedral, which was badly damaged by a Russian missile in July.

(Photo shows the former president of Johnny and Associates, Julie Fujishima, during a press conference in Tokyo, Japan on 7 September 2023. Credit: Franck Robichon/EPA)

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