I am sure by now minna-san has mixed feeling about the news on SMAP not disbanding. I have been recently following Yanie’s LiveJournal, who is a wonderful SMAP fan and very informed about their situation. Using her reliable resources, she provides translations from Japanese news articles along with her own opinions. I highly recommend that you give it a skim which provides in-depth details of fiasco with Johnny’s Jimusho about their “empress,” Mary Kitagawa and her daughter, Julie.
Though, SMAP-san did confirm that they will continue as a group, however, their live TV apology was not reassuring nor comforting. It was more like they were being held at gun point with cue cards, so depressing and disturbing. This verifies that Johnny’s Jimusho are tyrants, especially this senile 89-year Mary. I am not sure if Julie becoming the Jimusho’s president would completing remove her mother nor do we know how capable her managing skills are. Mary is one scary individual and we cannot count on Johnny-san any longer, something has happened to him and hopefully, not for the worse. I also pray that SMAP-san will leave this agency once their contract expires together with specific rights, away from all of this evilness.
SMAP’s TV apology:
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