Johnny's Office to "SMILE-UP." to compensate victims from November

In response to the issue of Johnny Kitagawa's sexual assault, Johnny's Office held a press conference in Tokyo on the 2nd and announced that the company name would be changed to "SMILE-UP." The company will compensate the victims, and will actually start compensating them in November.

In response to the sexual assault issue of Mr. Janie Kitagawa, who passed away four years ago, Johnny's Office held a press conference in Tokyo on October 4, following on September 9.

President Noriyuki Higashiyama apologized to the victims once again and announced that the company name "Johnny's Office" would be changed to "SMILE-UP." on October 7.

In the future, this company will compensate the victims to the end and go out of business in the future.

At the press conference, it was explained that 9 people had requested compensation for victims by September 30, and 478 of them were seeking compensation.

Regarding the number of people who reported damage, Mr. Higashiyama said, "I have a strong feeling that this was the case, and I think we need to think more carefully about providing care."

However, the number of people who have been confirmed to be enrolled at Johnny's Office in the past and present is that there are only about 325 people at this point.

Regarding the confirmation of enrollment, the office stated that there was a time when Johnny's Jr. was not managed comprehensively, and that it would like to proceed with the confirmation process, including circumstantial evidence and the stories of people who know the victim, and compensate as widely as possible without placing the burden of proof on the victim.

Compensation will begin in November, and the total amount of compensation and the number of people will be disclosed at an appropriate time.

On the other hand, it was also announced that apart from this company, it will establish a new company within about one month and operate as an agent company that concludes individual contracts with individual talents and groups of desired.

In addition to Mr. Higashiyama serving as president, Mr. Inohara Katsuhiko will be appointed as vice president, and the company name will be publicly recruited through the fan club.