This week, the entertainment behemoth Johnny and Associates will change its name to “Smile-Up.” If you haven’t been following the news, the talent agency founded back in the 1960s has been mired in scandal, stemming from accusations of abuse logged against its late founder, Johnny Kitagawa, by young male entertainers under his charge. With victims numbering in the hundreds, the “Johnny” name has become tainted, and the group’s leadership team opted to replace its founder’s name with something else.(10 more paragraphs)