An exterior investigative crew arrange by Japan’s prime male expertise company Johnny & Associates Inc stated Monday it’s going to maintain a press convention Tuesday to current the findings of its probe into the dealing with of sexual abuse allegations towards the corporate’s late founder.
The crew, which has interviewed former company members over accusations they’ve made towards Johnny Kitagawa, stated it’s going to additionally unveil proposals for stopping such instances from occurring on the firm once more.
Set up in May, the investigative crew features a former prosecutor common, a psychiatrist and a training medical psychologist. It can be wanting into related accusations leveled towards a former male workers member.
The company, headed by Kitagawa’s niece, Julie Keiko Fujishima, has stated that it’s going to maintain a press convention “as soon as possible” on the measures it’s going to implement primarily based on the crew’s proposals.
Kitagawa was one of many Japanese leisure trade’s strongest figures earlier than his dying in 2019. Sexual misconduct claims towards him have obtained recent consideration after a BBC documentary launched in March interviewed a few of his alleged victims, with extra having come ahead after it aired.
The allegations surrounding Kitagawa have additionally caught the eye of the United Nations, which dispatched a working group to Japan from July by way of early August, throughout which it additionally performed its personal interviews with the alleged victims.
The group’s full report following its probe is scheduled to be submitted to the Human Rights Council in June 2024.
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