While former NGT48 member Yamaguchi Maho has thankfully moved on successfully from her assault controversy already, the civil case over the incident was only recently settled. The outcome will likely …
Read More »Recap of netizen fabricating right-wing scandals against Japanese ‘PD48’ contestants + apology (sorta)
It always seemed likely that drama would emerge from ‘Produce 48‘, what with Japan and Korea in collaboration and all. Of course, it wouldn’t be the contestants as much as …
Read More »AKB48 announce DEL48 & MUB48 sister groups based in India
It was reported late in 2017 that AKB48 would be expanding the brand to India in the form of Mumbai48 (MUM48) in 2018. Well that didn’t turn out to be …
Read More »Kato Minami (NGT48 captain) complains about seeing Yamaguchi Maho on TV, gets demoted & banned from social media
Soon-to-be former NGT48 member Yamaguchi Maho held her final theater performance recently on May 18, and that made the news, where it was even shown in a nail salon. That …
Read More »AKS not allowing members to attend Yamaguchi Maho’s graduation concert + Akimoto Yasushi’s role
Following news that AKS would sue the perpetrators of the assault on soon-to-be former NGT48 member Yamaguchi Maho in order to get them to talk, thus seemingly invalidating their own …
Read More »AKS files suit against men who assaulted NGT48’s Yamaguchi Maho, which they should’ve done months ago
AKS has belatedly filed suit against the two perpetrators of the assault on NGT48’s Yamaguchi Maho with the goal of getting them to answer questions about the attack and the …
Read More »NGT48 to restart, which follows the group losing contracts over handling of Yamaguchi Maho assault scandal
The handling of the Yamaguchi Maho assault scandal has continued to plague NGT48, and the plan they had to downplay things and move on doesn’t appear to be working. It …
Read More »‘Produce 101 Japan’ aims to find an 11-member boy group, CJ E&M & Yoshimoto Kogyo make for powerful partners
CJ E&M/Mnet will be teaming up with Japanese entertainment conglomerate Yoshimoto Kogyo to bring the ‘Produce‘ brand to Japan in the form of ‘Produce 101 Japan‘ with a boy group. …
Read More »NGT48’s Yamaguchi Maho says apology for assault was forced by management, speaks out against investigation findings
About a week ago, NGT48 shared the results of a third-party investigation in regards to the assault of Yamaguchi Maho, and they basically said they’ll change some stuff but clarified …
Read More »Investigation into Yamaguchi Maho assault scandal concludes no NGT48 members involved
After the Yamaguchi Maho assault scandal didn’t see much action being taken aside from rearranging of chairs — also two people were fired not directly due to the scandal but …
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