In addition to the “it’s about the money” comment, Shimon Ishimaru’s “declaration to enter politics” was met with incredulity by the members of the “parties’ group.

This month, former “Ninja” member Yasunobu Shiga, former Johnny’s Junior member Yukihiro Oshima, and former Kis-My-Fit2 member Kyohei Iida, who had just joined in September, left the association one after the other.

What triggered the split was a meeting between the association and the former Johnny’s office (now Smile-Up.) held on March 3. At that meeting, representatives Junya Hiramoto and Shimon Ishimaru asked President Noriyuki Higashiyama and Keiko Fujishima to “join SMILE-UP. Mr. Oshima and Mr. Iida followed suit.

Mr. Ishimaru’s comments have further dragged down the association of the parties concerned. During an appearance on a live broadcast of “Arc Times,” which is run by Tokyo Shimbun reporter Kinoshiko Mochizuki and others, Ishimaru said, “I was told that the slander and slander of ‘the Japanese people’ is a ‘slanderous thing,

I was often slandered and told, “You’re just after my money! I dare to say here that I am only here for the money. I dare to say here that they are after my money!

I dare to say here that I am here for the money! However, he was not understood, and the association was ridiculed as a “victim business.

He may have really thought he could get compensation in the hundreds of millions of dollars. The association had demanded that the former Johnny’s establish a foundation and give 3% of its sales each year. However, after reports came out that the compensation was only a few million yen, things went wrong.

Ishimaru plays a public relations role for the association, but even within the association there are concerns about his “outbursts.

Mr. Ishimaru, who is in charge of public relations for the association, is also concerned about his “outburst” within the association. “Mr. Kitagawa has already passed away, and it is only natural that he should seek compensation, but his comment that he was only after money was not good timing. Some at the meeting said, “It would be better not to let Mr. Ishimaru speak.

He has suddenly announced his intention to run for the National Diet, saying, ‘I will run for Congress with the abolition of the statute of limitations as my manifesto,’ and the members couldn’t believe their ears.

(TV station insider) “The elimination of the statute of limitations is certainly not completely unrelated to the series of sexual assaults involving the late Janie Kitagawa, but….

But that and his declaration to run for office are two completely different things.” It was the moment when I felt that he had begun to “run amok”” (one of the members of the association).

It seems that he is not gaining the support of the members. On January 24, Mr. Ishimaru and Mr. Hiramoto went to the Diet to listen to a representative question by Prime Minister Fumio Kishida in response to the Prime Minister’s policy speech. In response to a press interview,

I would like to meet with Prime Minister Kishida and talk directly with him about the plight of the victims.

I would like to meet with Prime Minister Kishida and talk directly with him about the plight of the victims,” he said.

Is it his eagerness to have the issue discussed thoroughly in the Diet, or is it also a performance to become a politician? …… Since this is an association of parties to have all the victims compensated properly by the former Johnny’s, I hope Mr. Ishimaru will go back to the basics and negotiate with them properly” (a former member).

I hope it doesn’t fall apart in the air. ……

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