Japan’s Media Has to Account for Its Own Failures, Too

The current failures in Japan of the Unification Church and J-pop firm Johnny & &Associates Inc appear to be, presumably, triumphes for justice: Two unpleasant teams that utilized their outsized influence for years to conceal toxic acts contend last been hindered, otherwise removed.

The nation will not miss out on the church, whose fans are typically derisively called “Moonies,” after creator and supposed-messiahSun Myung Moon It’s currently established to be liquified in Japan after an examination right into its forced contributions. Nor will certainly it grieve Johnny’s (as the firm is understood), which is transforming its name, framework and administration after a decades-old sexual assault rumor carried out by its creator,Johnny Kitagawa Few can have forecasted 18 months ago that both establishments, whose arms run deep right into Japanese culture, would certainly be sliced down to …