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Men alleging abuse at Japanese talent agency are interviewed by company investigators
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From left: Lawyer Kazuya Sugiyama, Junya Hiramoto, Shimon Ishimaru and Yukihiro Oshima speak to reporters at a Tokyo office Monday, Aug. 14, 2023. Hiramoto and Ishimaru who say they were sexually abused as children by a Japanese entertainment mogul spoke Monday with a special team set up by the talent agency to look into the allegations. - photo by AP Photo/Yuri Kageyama
TOKYO (AP) — Two men who say they were sexually abused as teenagers by a Japanese entertainment mogul were interviewed Monday by a special team set up by the talent agency to look into the allegations. Junya Hiramoto and Shimon Ishimaru, both former members of a boys’ dance-and-song group called Johnny’s Junior, said they still want an apology and compensation from Johnny & Associates. “They haven’t admitted anything, and they haven’t apologized,” Hiramoto told reporters after the interviews.