Inohara Yoshihiko received high marks on how he handled angry media

Johnny’s Jimusho held a press conference in Tokyo on the 2nd in response to the sexual assault scandal involving founder Kitagawa Johnny.

President Higashiyama Noriyuki and former V6 member Inohara Yoshihiko, president of Johnny’s Island, were in attendance.

During the Q&A session, there were also questions about President Higashiyama’s involvement in sexual assault. A lawyer who was present said, “Intentionality cannot be established because they were not aware of it in the first place. Even if there is an argument that it was their fault or negligence that they did not stop after 100 steps, that alone does not make them accomplices or abettors. On this point, Please do not misunderstand me”.

At this point, many reporters raised their voices, and the moderator stopped them by saying,”Excuse me. One question per company, please”. Still, there was a reporter who called out, “This is related!” and the venue was in an uproar.

At this point, Inohara could not help but asked, “Let’s calm down a little. Let’s take our time”. Even after that, there were scenes in which a reporter who was not named became angry, saying, “I think it’s a farce”. Inohara said, “These kinds of press conferences are being broadcast live all over the country, and there are young children, I have children myself.There are children of Johnny’s Jr. I don’t want to show them, ‘So why are you having so much trouble with this?’, so in this press conference I want to show adults who are following the rules as much as possible, so please, please. Please calm down”, Inohara begged. Applause broke out from the venue.