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Did Japan’s Seedy Teen Idol Business Drive This Girl to Death?
USED AND ABUSED
They’re not really idols, and very few become stars. They’re girls exploited for marketing, and Honoka Omoto, 16, couldn’t take it anymore.
Jake Adelstein
Published
Oct. 16 2018
4:44AM EDT
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