First of all, apologies for getting behind on updating the Johnny Kitagawa sexual abuse case, but while I’ve been compiling information for another post, breaking news emerged as Johnny & …
Read More »LDH announce hiatus of MOONCHILD’s RUAN due to ‘inappropriate’ behavior of ‘outside instructor’ that caused health issues
About a year ago, the show iCON Z was briefly covered around these parts because former K-pop artist (and former J-pop artist, even then) Okamoto Ruan was a contestant and …
Read More »[Event] 2023 Head In The Clouds Festival with Rina Sawayama, DPR, Jackson Wang, XG, YOASOBI, Tiger JK & Yoon Mirae, more
After a far-too-long time away, event coverage is back at Asian Junkie, starting from 2023 Head in the Clouds Festival in Los Angeles, which went off with a bang with …
Read More »AAA’s Shinjiro Atae comes out as gay, says he doesn’t want others to struggle as he did
34-year-old AAA member and soloist Shinjiro Atae has recently came out as gay to a crowd of 2000 people at a live in Tokyo, as reported by The New York …
Read More »Yamashita Tatsuro says his respect for Johnny Kitagawa has not changed despite ongoing sexual abuse scandal
About a week ago, during the latest update on the Johnny Kitagawa sexual abuse scandal, it was mentioned that producer Matsuo Kiyoshi was let go from Smile Company after he …
Read More »4 more Johnny Kitagawa victims come forward, famous producer fired for being critical of Johnny & Associates, victims work to change laws
Alright, so there have been things going on since the last update on the Johnny Kitagawa sexual abuse scandal, and they range from further victims coming forward to Johnny & …
Read More »Johnny & Associates announce they’ll expand scope of external investigation following ex-manager’s sexual abuse admission
The sexual abuse scandal surrounding Johnny & Associates founder Johnny Kitagawa was back in the news recently due to an admission by an anonymous former manager of Johnny’s Jr. that …
Read More »Ex-Johnny & Associates manager admits to sexually abusing 6 Juniors + 4 more Johnny Kitagawa victims came forward & revisiting the past victims who spoke out
As you likely know by now, there’s a major ongoing Japanese entertainment story, as Johnny Kitagawa’s rampant sexual abuse has continued to be exposed. However, based on the requests I’m …
Read More »Shiga Yasunobu (ex-Ninja member) says he was sexually abused ~30-40 times by Johnny Kitagawa, starting when he was 15
A bit over a week ago, Johnny & Associates issued a formal apology for the numerous sexual abuse allegations against founder Johnny Kitagawa, and that only happened mainly due to …
Read More »Nogizaka46 concert director SEIGO ‘resigns’ following power abuse controversy
SEIGO, the concert director for Nogizaka46, has recently resigned from his position after he came under fire for comments made about his behavior by member Hayakawa Seira on a radio …
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