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3 weeks ago |
koreaboo.com | Sandy Lyons
Details about a 29-year-old woman’s personal life began to emerge after she was accused of–and later sentenced for– burying her newborn infant in her parents’ garden. Minagawa Kotomi, a former university employee and nursery school teacher, was sentenced by Japan’s Nagoya District Court to 18 months in prison, suspended for three years, after she was found guilty of disposing of her daughter’s body at her parents’ home in Tokoname in April of 2023.
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3 weeks ago |
koreaboo.com | Sandy Lyons
A third-party panel that was tasked with investigating a series of scandals uncovered a star’s sexual misconduct that previously went unreported. The panel, led by Lawyer Takeuchi Akira was commissioned by Fuji TV to investigate a string of controversies involving Fuji TV stars, such as Nakai Masahiro. Earlier this month, the panel found Nakai, a former member of the Japanese boy group SMAP, guilty of sexually assaulting a female Fuji TV newscaster in 2023.
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3 weeks ago |
koreaboo.com | Sandy Lyons
New details have emerged about a former boy group member’s sex crime, which he was found guilty of earlier this month. SMAP | Fuji TV In December of 2024, Japanese media reported that Nakai allegedly paid 90 million yen (approximately $568,101 USD) as a lump sum to an unidentified woman for sexual misconduct that took place in 2023.
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3 weeks ago |
koreaboo.com | Sandy Lyons
An actress who earned the nickname “Nation’s Daughter” is currently embroiled in a scandal involving an alleged assault, a traffic accident, and a drug test. Hirosue Ryoko is a popular Japanese actress and singer who has appeared in dozens of films and television series since the 1990s, including Wasabi (2001)and Departures (2008).
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4 weeks ago |
koreaboo.com | Sandy Lyons
A record company has come under fire for planning to sell a late singer’s nude photos. According to one legal expert, the upcoming sale could “fall under the category of revenge porn and may be illegal.” Yashiro Aki (also known as Yashiro) was a famous Japanese enka singer and painter. She passed away on December 30, 2023, at the age of 73 after being hospitalized for interstitial lung disease and a bout with anti-MDA5 dermatomyositis.
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