Japan opens hotline for male sex abuse victims

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TOKYO: The Japanese government will set up a hotline for male victims of sexual abuse, a minister announced on Tuesday, as the East Asian country grapples with an abuse scandal at the biggest boyband agency.

The hotline will be available to boys and men for three months from Friday and specialists will take calls for counseling, Tokyo's Cabinet Office said.'We hope victims will feel safe and can consult without hesitation,' Ayuko Kato, minister in charge of children-related policy, told reporters. The logo of Johnny & Associates is seen on top of the Japanese talent agency's office in Japan's capital Tokyo on July 10, 2019.

Kitagawa died at age 87 in 2019, having engineered the birth of J-pop mega-groups, including SMAP, TOKIO and Arashim, that amassed adoring fans across Asia.Allegations that he abused young men who wanted to be stars surfaced in the Japanese media in 1999.But it was not until this year that they ignited full-on soul-searching, following a British Broadcasting Corp. documentary and denunciations by victims.

 

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