Unusual Sexual Violence Warning Made by NHK’s Morning Broadcast Receives Criticisms
Every year, the Kohaku Uta Gassen has a “Johnny’s quota” and the host is reserved. A reporter in charge of entertainment at a sports paper said
“It’s a model of how they turned the tables on us. There is a succession of comments from within the former Johnny’s, such as, ‘We don’t need to appear in the Kohaku any more,’ and ‘I don’t care if we are banned from NHK,’ The fact that popular groups Snow Man and King & Prince will be broadcasting live on New Year’s Eve is also seen as a way of destroying the Kohaku.”
NHK reported the existence of an “NG list” at the second press conference held by the former Johnny’s office. It was around this time that a deep rift began to appear in the relationship between the two parties. According to a source with knowledge of the situation:
“The news department, which has had its stories destroyed by the discovery process, is showing signs of motivation. I have heard that several reporters have gone directly to their superiors, saying, ‘If we don’t do this here, NHK will lose its raison d’etre,’ The power relationship with the entertainment department has completely reversed.”
The “Close-Up” report on the 4th of this month was a great success.
On the 4th of this month, “Close-Up Today” featured the lack of progress in compensation work for SMILE-UP. The content of the broadcast was known to some extent beforehand, and SMILE-UP. released a new statement on its website just before the broadcast of Close-Up Gendai.
“We are pleased to inform you that we have received a notice from the Victims’ Relief Committee that they have begun today to contact declarants whose enrollment records have not been confirmed at this time to inform them of the specific procedures to be taken in the future.”
The committee explicitly censured Kurogen, saying, “We’ve been going at it in batches.”
The story has reached its climax. At least wait until after the last episode is over. I think this is the first time the relationship has deteriorated to this level.
Even if NHK were to lift the ban on new appointments, it seems unlikely that the former Johnny’s side would accept it without a second thought.
