The following is the latest list of selected news summaries by Kyodo News.----------Johnny's to change name, create new firm to manage its performersTOKYO - Scandal-hit male talent agency Johnny & Associates Inc. said Monday it will change its name and establish a new firm to manage its performers in a bid to distance itself from late namesake founder Johnny Kitagawa, revealing that 325 of his sexual abuse victims have requested compensation.Johnny's will be renamed "SMILE-UP." from Oct. 17 and will oversee the provision of redress to the victims of Kitagawa's sexual abuse, the agency's pre…READ FULL ARTICLE