NGT48 Assault Case Summary for July 21, 2020

My translation of the summary from https://jbbs.shitaraba.net/bbs/read.cgi/music/29852/1553736787 for 7/21 (Tuesday).

• Maho’s tweet
  • https://i.imgur.com/Pw1iqnS.png
• Maho’s name in an MiMC official tweet
  • https://i.imgur.com/AJ4byJW.png
• Riko’s tweets from yesterday
  • https://i.imgur.com/YP35f2Q.png
  • https://i.imgur.com/Ypi0tTi.png
• Rena’s tweets and Instastory
  • https://i.imgur.com/XoMeFv5.png
  • https://i.imgur.com/cGzaMYP.png
  • https://i.imgur.com/KHMHUsm.png
  • https://i.imgur.com/VAqKUHe.png
  • https://i.imgur.com/KF7klAG.png
• A man was arrested for posting that “NGT members are destroying their humanity by using stimulants”
  • The news uses pictures of Nishigata, Ogino, Tano, Yamada, and Kato, and all the articles have the same kinds of criticisms of NGT and its management in the comments.
  • https://i.imgur.com/ZXWv8pC.png
  • https://i.imgur.com/cgfZUXO.png
  • https://i.imgur.com/zCM017H.png
  • https://news.yahoo.co.jp/articles/725cd127b836cbc40a847d23cd393bcebd8ae7e2
  • https://news.yahoo.co.jp/articles/ceaffa3ac30057bbe084f8e3ad8c4d09affa1d05
• The unnatural aspects of the arrested suspect
  • The male suspect has not tweeted since August 2018, and his tweets were all things about online dating
    • https://i.imgur.com/qTsHjao.jpg
    • https://twitter.com/hakosuka48gtr/with_replies
  • The suspect’s tweets
    • https://i.imgur.com/VF3YyQ5.png
  • (Rumor) The suspect is a Yakuza who scouts for cabaret girls in Kabukicho
    • https://i.imgur.com/PJiqq09.jpg
• The day before the new single is released, President Okada of NGT management company Flora gives an unannounced press conference. The Yahoo and Twitter comments are going full assault on NGT and their management company. There are over 2400 comments in the firestorm.
  • Regarding the conflicting statements between Maho and the management
    • “This was because, due to the poor state of management’s interactions at that time, they were not able to achieve proper communication with the members”
  • The fact that (Yamaguchi) was injured is unchanged
  • They feel sorry about this, and they feel that they want to support her
  • Regarding the incident, a settlement was concluded in the civil trial with the assault suspects, and what came out in that trial is everything there is
  • They have now put that previous system behind them and are moving forward with their operations
  • It’s clear that the system that existed at that time was not good
  • It was said that they had a “culture of concealment”, but from here on they will reliably make public announcements and follow through with their judgments
  • The guide for NGT48’s activities is to be “a group that conveys the splendor of our hometown and region to the whole country, a group that is loved by many people”
  • New rules: (1) SNS direct messages are forbidden; (2) Secondary SNS accounts are forbidden; (3) Conversations with fans are forbidden; (4) Immediately report it if you come in contact with a fan
  • When a rule is violated “we will promptly announce the details of the violation”, “and considering the details and the frequency will decide between a “restriction of activities”, “suspension of activities”, or “termination of contract””
  • They are establishing a forum for communication between management and the fans, “(tentatively) an NGT48 Supporters Meeting”. The plan is to include 20-30 people including representatives from fans, members, and the management.
  • https://i.imgur.com/5aBo6J2.png
  • https://i.imgur.com/6V23D2e.png
  • From Daily Sports: “NGT48 proclaims departure from “a culture of concealment” at restart press conference — To Yamaguchi Maho, “we are sorry””
    • https://news.yahoo.co.jp/articles/c6aacd400122bf05a445fde1b9c311968ffb1597
    • https://www.daily.co.jp/gossip/2020/07/21/0013530138.shtml
  • From Daily Sports: “NGT48 establishes new rules to prevent private exchanges with fans — Also, the thoughts of the restarting members are revealed”
    • https://news.yahoo.co.jp/articles/cf539e2affa08dffa0bdb1e194bb8003c5c2008c
    • https://www.daily.co.jp/gossip/2020/07/21/0013530423.shtml
• NGT launches a new single replay campaign. During the campaign listen to the new single 200 times or more on LINE Music to apply. You may be invited to an online talk show via lottery.
  • https://i.imgur.com/MGtlOKc.png
  • https://ngt48.jp/news/detail/100004106
• NGT will resume theater performances in August. At most there will be 6 members appearing. The audience will be limited to 50 people.
  • From BSN: “NGT48 — Theater performances to resume in August — Also supporting the Niigata Albirex BB”
    • https://news.yahoo.co.jp/articles/b3eb8e02dd45fc0170cc6c94d42d7b3de747f9c3
• Dozens of articles on NGT were published today alone
  • Summary of “NGT” articles on Yahoo
    • https://news.yahoo.co.jp/search/?p=NGT&ei=utf-8&fr=news_sw
• The smartphone game “NGT Story” event special reward was to “have your poster put up around Niigata Station”, but they were on a bus stop a way off from the station for just two weeks.
  • The bus stop that was postered
    • https://i.imgur.com/qwwDZgb.jpg
    • https://i.imgur.com/SgYx48j.jpg
    • https://i.imgur.com/prTjVgt.jpg
• Maho’s [2nd] tweet
  • https://i.imgur.com/KPzTSWz.png
• Article with 1400 comments
  • From KYODO: “Man arrested on NGT48 slander charge — Posted on SNS things like, “they’re using stimulants””
    • https://news.yahoo.co.jp/articles/5e42c1a100be8b8c194ce375f31fb8e436ec9519

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Note: I try to repeat the Japanese thread as closely as possible here. Where I do make some editorial additions I’ll put them in [ ], though I do occasionally soften the posters’ tone.

Why is this here? My original announcement