Scoop! Management Staff Fiercely Confesses “Mr. Julie Was at the Venue” and “The List Was Created Based on Johnny’s Requests.”
On October 2, Johnny’s held a press conference regarding the establishment of a new company and name change. The purpose of the press conference was to restore confidence in the company as it embarks on a new journey, but the distrust of the company has only increased. The main reason for this is the existence of a “list of nominated candidate reporters and not-so-nominated reporters” reported in detail by “FRIDAY Digital” on October 5.
The list was compiled by the consulting company in charge of its operation, and the “Nominated Candidate Reporters” list included eight names from major newspapers such as the Nikkei Shimbun, TBS announcer Shohei Fujimori, and entertainment reporter Chikako Komai. On the other hand, six names were listed as “reporters not to be nominated,” including Kinshoko Mochizuki of the Tokyo Shimbun and freelance journalist Eight Suzuki. At the press conference, the Toyo Keizai reporter and Mr. Komai, who were on the “nominated candidates” list, were the first to be assigned, raising suspicions that the proceedings were being conducted in accordance with the list.
The response of the Johnny’s’s office has also been two or three times, adding to the growing distrust. However, the office has been consistent from the beginning in its stance that no office personnel were involved in the production of the list. However, suspicions have been raised about that testimony as well. A staff member who was involved in the operation of the list asserts, “The list was created based on the request of Johnny’s office.
“For the first press conference in September, there was a policy of wanting to focus mainly on apologies, but for this press conference, the request was presented in advance that ‘Johnny’s would like to set the pace. In addition, there was also a request to ‘try to keep the question-and-answer session as damage-free as possible.
However, the management decided that they could not control the reporters at the press conference, so we returned the request to them. However, the Johnny’s office responded by saying, “The moderator this time is a person who can manage the risk of the press conference well, so as long as we know who he is and where he is, we can make it work. As a result, they said, ‘Well, let’s go all the way to identifying the location of the NG reporters.
