Minato said the case violated the woman's human ... including the abuses of hundreds of boys and young men by late talent mogul Johnny Kitagawa, whose now-defunct agency Johnny & Associates ...

Minato conceded that top brass had been "complacent ... whose now-defunct agency Johnny & Associates once managed Nakai's mega-popular boy band SMAP. Nakai announced his retirement from show ...

Chairman and president step down to take responsibility for a widening sex assault scandal linked to celebrity host.

Network president Mr Minato held a short press conference on ... It aired Japan’s first domestically produced animation “Astro Boy” in 1963, and has also produced several films, including ...