Sexual assault by powerful people has been rampant in Japan’s entertainment industry for a long time.
It was in 2023 that the major acts of abuse were revealed through the mass media.
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The founder of an agency that employs Japan’s most powerful male idols set up an agency to commit sexual assault, gather young boys, and have them debut in the entertainment industry in return for enjoying sex.
This fact has been reported around the world by the BBC and the Foreign Correspondents’ Association of Japan since April 2023.
As a result of this report, the Japanese mass media, which could no longer conceal the facts, began to grudgingly confront the issue.
He soon followed suit with hundreds of people who had been sexually assaulted by the company’s founder.
[BBC]
BBC documentary “J-Pop Predators: The Hidden Scandal” [with Japanese subtitles]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zaTV5D3kvqE
[Japan Foreign Correspondents Association]
Predator – BBC Documentary on Johnny Kitagawa by Mobeen Azhar & Megumi Inman
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t2SisAVaS-w
Alleged Victim of Johnny Kitagawa Speaks Out
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EoWwZpOZyyk
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Japan’s most famous comedian had his junior comedians collect women and then pressured them into having sex with them, with almost threatening solicitude.
This fact was reported in Japan by Weekly Bunshun at the end of 2023.
There is also the fact that the people involved in this system of paying for sexual assault are making their mark in the entertainment industry.
others
Some Japanese movie directors have been forcing performers to perform sex acts in return for their roles.
It has also been revealed that the victim committed suicide.
Entrapment sexual assault
These sexual assaults are called entrapment types.
Japan’s Ministry of Justice has issued a warning.
【means】
Build hierarchical relationships in daily life
・The perpetrator increases his or her value and establishes authority.
・Demeaning and weakening the victim
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Block escape routes/drive into blind spots
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switch to sexual topics
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forced to have sex
[Reference materials]
Qualitative research report on experiences of sexual violence, Ministry of Justice of Japan
https://www.moj.go.jp/content/001299302.pdf
summary
The act of accepting sexual assault from someone in power in exchange for receiving something in return is called “pillow sales,” and there is a fact that it has been tolerated by members of society, both in the entertainment industry and elsewhere.
However, the victim never tolerates the unwanted sexual activity.
On the contrary, they may be so deeply traumatized that they may commit suicide, develop PTSD, distort their lives due to their inability to affirm themselves, or suffer great harm.
No one should be forced to have sex in exchange for something in return.
Is sexual assault rampant in your country, or is the inability to report it a problem?
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