There's no doubt she was forced to do this by her record company. The contracts these girls sign with these companies would be absolutely unenforceable in the US. It's sick.
At least there are some members of the Japanese public that are outraged by this. We'll have to see if their voices are greater in strength and number than the voices of those who approve or shrug their shoulders.
From 2ch
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YouTube is international, a Japanese shame to the world.
It’s just like a girl being a hostage of terrorists and apologizing or something.
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From Itai News
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This is a human rights matter now. The Japanese media is bloody useless and I don’t suppose they can’t recognize what they've done or atone for it until they get forced to by external pressure.
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More info and more highlighted comments from Japanese news sources
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Originally Posted by relmy
To be honest, I think the whole issue goes way beyond JUST the idol industry, but that's another rant.
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Yes, you are absolutely right.