[/floatr]Guardian: 'Kiss-and-tell' rocks bright lights of Japan
Mariko Ishihara, Japan's best-known actress of the 1980s, sparked a media frenzy this weekend with the publication of her tell-all book, which lifts the lid on widespread sexual abuse and bullying in the upper echelons of the country's entertainment industry. The book, Irregular Secrets (Fuzuroi na Himitsu), released a year after Ishihara's return to her native country after 15 years of self-imposed exile in the US, proved an instant hit with the public but has left many of her former colleagues uncomfortable as Japan has been gripped by the dark secrets revealed...Her decision to break with showbiz kiss-and-tell protocol by naming her former lovers and tormentors, rather than referring to them by their initials, has guaranteed her acres of negative coverage...more...
Marvin has written this up for the Mainichi.
