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Deep Dive from The Japan Times
Johnny Kitagawa and the Age of Consent in Japan
There's a lot of interesting threads that they're looking at throughout this that totally deserve their own spotlight. But because it's ultimately about Johnny Kitagawa and his scandals, they don't have the time needed to present a fully fleshed out picture on any of those things. When they talk about Japanese entertainment, I feel they really didn't spend enough time giving you the proper context or history of how Johnny's fits into it. One thing that jumped out to me was they sort of imply that Johnny and Associates has been kind of just running the Japanese music and entertainment industry since 1960. It's not that simple.
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