A former teen idol said on Wednesday he was sexually assaulted repeatedly by Johnny Kitagawa, the founder of Japan's biggest boyband empire, in a rare public allegation against the late mogul. The ...

Azu Fujisaki, a 17-year-old member of the Japanese idol group Heroines Research Students, has been dismissed from the group following a social media post that sparked controversy among fans, according ...

Idol culture sometimes fosters a disturbing objectification, especially when it comes to very young artists. At concerts by J ...