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#259: The “Godfather Of J-Pop” Assaulted Male Trainees In Exchange For Making Them Stars (Johnny Kitagawa)

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The Loopholes That Work for a Predator

Reporters without borders ranked Japan number 68 out of 180 countries for press freedom, which classifies it as having a problematic situation. The politicians stated that Johnny could not be charged as a criminal because the age of consent is 13. Another thing is that boys could not be R-worded in Japan until 2017. And Johnny was not their parent or guardian, so he couldn't even be classified as child abuse. So everything just worked out in his favor.

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