Post AwdfobzbfDxdhyBiro by unseenjapan@mstdn.jp
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 (DIR) Post #AwdXnJfhUqCexnkTHk by unseenjapan@mstdn.jp
       2025-07-29T20:22:57Z
       
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       Idol Tōjō Momoka, a member of the group KATACOTO*BANK, got in trouble with her management a year ago for the crime of posting a pic of her with her (gasp!) boyfriend. The company forced her to perform "purification" by posting "good night" photos to social media daily for a year.#japan #unseenjapan #idol
       
 (DIR) Post #AwdXnPYTcbzRD8PmrI by unseenjapan@mstdn.jp
       2025-07-29T20:22:57Z
       
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       Tōjō's company ordered her to post "Good night" (おやすみなさい) with a picture of herself, alone, against a plain wall every day to her X account. Despite doing this for 10 months, they fired her anyway in May - but ordered her to keep posting for another two months.
       
 (DIR) Post #AwdXnVE8X9HinmwczI by unseenjapan@mstdn.jp
       2025-07-29T20:22:58Z
       
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       Tōjō posted a handwritten apology on the 27th, her "purification" finally over. "I've taken the year to reflect deeply on my actions and take a good, hard look at myself." One commenter replied that the good night posts were "scarier than a horror movie."
       
 (DIR) Post #AwdXnb9OVh3ZAolvQe by unseenjapan@mstdn.jp
       2025-07-29T20:22:59Z
       
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       Traditionally, idol groups have either explicitly or tacitly forbidden their stars from dating, with a portion of (male) fans reacting angrily when a member's relationship is outed. We wrote about one such incident below: https://buff.ly/ijMkgim
       
 (DIR) Post #AwdXngI5Onyp7DsRAe by unseenjapan@mstdn.jp
       2025-07-29T20:22:59Z
       
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       Tōjō's story - a clear example of workplace harassment - shows how idol management, particularly for smaller "underground" idol groups, can sometimes be as bad as...well, any other company in Japan. We wrote about another such case here: https://buff.ly/sMjDles
       
 (DIR) Post #AwdXnlb3fh7vZVn9w8 by unseenjapan@mstdn.jp
       2025-07-29T20:23:00Z
       
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       Source: https://buff.ly/f31HULX
       
 (DIR) Post #AwdbEapq5gBjsPBmOu by itsFriday@toot.community
       2025-07-29T21:15:35Z
       
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       @unseenjapan Interesting story. Thanks. Had to look some more to understand. Like: https://discover.hubpages.com/entertainment/10-Japanese-Idol-Groups-With-Unique-or-Weird-ConceptsPS: Why do you use URL shortener?
       
 (DIR) Post #AwdfobzbfDxdhyBiro by unseenjapan@mstdn.jp
       2025-07-29T22:06:53Z
       
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       @itsFriday It's an artifact of using Buffer and duplicating posts to make life easier. I'll try and remove them before pub from here on out