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25 Apr 2024

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SMILE-UP.Inc.

Japan: SMILE-UP. demands correction and apology to BBC for alleged misrepresentation of president's remarks on defamation of victims

Johnny & Associates

[BBCへの抗議文書の送付について] 25 April 2024

[Summarised by the Business and Human Rights Resource Centre]

Following a release of a documentary called "The Shadow of a Predator" aired by BBC, SMILE-UP. protested to the BBC claiming that the parts of the interview footage of SMILE-UP. president Higashiyama Noriyuki's remarks about online the victim were different from the actual meaning of Higashiyama's remarks. SMILE-UP. sent a letter of protest demanding a correction and apology.

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