Noriyuki Higashiyama, who has been criticized for his “freedom of speech even in the case of slander,” is eager to expose “liars” and “the raison d’être of SMILE.

It seems that progress is being made steadily, but…

SMILE-UP. (formerly Johnny’s) has updated its special website for compensation for damages, reporting on the status of compensation for the sexual assault by the late Johnny Kitagawa. The site states

The Victims’ Relief Committee has contacted those who have been confirmed to have been sexually assaulted individually with the details of their compensation,” the site explains.

The site explains that Currently, there are 981 people who have reported to the compensation desk, of which 434 have been notified of the details of their compensation. Of these, 434 have been notified of the compensation details, 377 have agreed to the details, and 354 have been paid compensation.

On the other hand

We have notified 93 people who have concluded that neither their enrollment in our company nor the damage to their property can be verified that we will not compensate them.

The company stated, “As of today, we have informed ’93 people’ that we will not compensate them. In other words, approximately 10% of the 981 people who reported the damage were not eligible for compensation.

Noriyuki Higashiyama, the president of SMILE, spoke about the communication between the declarants and SMILE. In an independent interview by the BBC recently, he said

In an exclusive interview with the BBC, Higashiyama said, “In fact, there are some people who don’t get along with us, and there are also people who come here just for the fun of it.”

He then went on to say, “There are people who don’t get along with us,