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Former teen performers accuse an agent of sexual assault. They’re hoping it’s Japan’s #MeToo moment
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TOKYO (AP) — Kazuya Nakamura says he was 15 when one of the most powerful men in Japanese entertainment history forced him to have sex while he was part of a troupe of backup dancers managed by the legendary talent agent. At least a dozen other men have come forward this year to say they were sexually assaulted as teenagers by boy band impresario Johnny Kitagawa, who died in 2019, beginning with three who spoke anonymously to the BBC for a documentary broadcast in March. The story has all the elements of a major #MeToo reckoning, but in Japan, response has been muted. While opposition politicians set up a committee in parliament to investigate, and the talent agency Kitagawa founded promised

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