2023-08-30 05:00:15
By Régis Arnaud
Posted 2 hours ago, Updated 11 minutes ago
Johnny Kitagawa appears on a street screen as his death is announced on July 10, 2019 in Tokyo. MAXPPP/Kyodo/MAXPPP
DECRYPTION – For decades, the hundreds of rapes committed by Johnny Kitagawa have been tolerated by all sectors of society.
Relentless observation, painless sanctions: this is the summary of the report published Tuesday by the committee responsible for investigating the accusations of serial rape of minors perpetrated by Johnny Kitagawa. From the 1950s until his death in 2019 at the age of 87, this variety pygmalion reigned over the Japanese entertainment industry, making and unmaking “boy bands” at his pleasure.
The report confirms that he was also a pedophile monster, abusing hundreds of candidates for fame, some as young as 8 at the time of their first rape; but he does not advocate any serious sanctions.
It is difficult to overestimate the importance that Johnny Kitagawa had and that the “Johnny’s”, his pupils, continue to have in the daily life of the Japanese, especially women. SMAP, Tokio, or KinKi Kids are just some of the dozens of bands that, under his leadership, have plunged the country into a bath of cutesy melodies. “I once tried to promote a good singer to a television producer. After the audition…
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