The niche they carved out in the Japanese entertainment industry is now filled by popular idol groups like AKB48, Nogizaka46, and Momoiro Clover Z. But the idol industry has a dark side.
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A former teen idol who says he was sexually abused by a talent industry mogul kept quiet about the activity so as not to alarm his parents, who were struggling to make a go of things in Japan ...