The deception of Johnny’s’s press conference “NG list” is exposed, and Inohara’s statement “I don’t want my children to see it” is a “big boomerang.”

Johnny’s’s office limited itself to “one question per company” in advance at the press conference on October 2, when it announced the change of company name, the establishment of a new company, and the issue of compensation for the accused. The fact that they did not accept questions from some journalists who have been pursuing the Johnny’s issue has caused a stir, suggesting that the traditional structure of the Johnny’s office, which has controlled the media, has not changed.

The issue of limiting the press conference to “one question per company,” while it would be understandable if one person from one company were to ask questions on behalf of another, the limitation to “one question” was clearly an attempt to contain the pursuit of multiple inconvenient questions, which could be suspected. In the past, for example, an entertainment reporter would ask a series of questions in rapid succession and play catch-up with the celebrities and other participants at a press conference.

It would be a real fallacy to try to control the media at a press conference of the Johnny’s office, which has failed to stop the unprecedented sexual assault of Mr. Johnny’s. Since Johnny’s press conference is a social issue concerning a serious sex crime, it is necessary to answer all questions as fairly as possible within the time constraints.

At the previous press conference on September 7, Tokyo Shimbun reporter Kinshoko Mochizuki, who had asked questions about Higashiyama’s allegations of sexual harassment and power harassment, Eito Suzuki, who is known for his comments and reports that get to the heart of issues such as the Unification Church, and Satohiko Ogata of “Arc Times” raised their hands but were not answered, according to X (formerly Twitter), etc. He explained in detail and criticized Johnny’s’s response. It is no wonder that he was clearly marked from the beginning as a reporter who would not be allowed to ask questions.

According to a report on NHK NEWS WEB on April 4, the company that was entrusted by the office to run the press conference brought to the venue an “NG list” with the names and photos of several reporters and freelance journalists to prevent them from nominating questions. It is believed that the aforementioned journalists and others were the targets of the list.