Despite the fact that he said he would never pressure anyone… the “pressure” the media received after Johnny’s’s press conference.

At the press conference on September 7, Higashiyama stated clearly that his office would not exert pressure on the media in the future. However, the “pressure” still remains.

After the press conference on September 2, I applied for an interview at an event to be held in early October, in which Johnny’s’s talents will appear. However, the person in charge of the PR company that was in charge of the event said to me, “The weekly magazine will not be invited this time. However, the PR company in charge of the event refused to allow me to participate, saying, ‘Weekly magazines are not invited this time. Until now, some weekly magazines and other “non-participating media” were not allowed to participate in events featuring Johnny’s talent. Even under the new system, this has remained the case. It is not clear whether it was the Johnny’s office that refused to allow us to cover the event, or whether it was a discovery by the person in charge who was in between the two. However, the structure that has been in place for many years to control the media will not disappear so easily,” said a reporter for a weekly magazine.

When asked about the talents who are leaving the company at this press conference, Higashiyama assured that ” there is no pressure on my colleagues. As long as the “pressure” on the media is alive and well, the future of the new company remains uncertain.

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