All Japanese broadcast appearances of the group BTS were canceled, according to Sport Club do Recipechi Anex, a local Sport Club do Recipetsu entertainment magazine, on the 10th.
BTS member Jimin reported that BTS is working on anti-Japanese activities, taking issue with T-shirts worn in the past, following the cancellation of TV Asahi's "Music Station" appearance on the night of the 9th.
According to Sport Club do Recifenic Anex, NHK reviewed the first appearance of BTS on the "Hongbaek Hapjeon" broadcast on December 31, but suspended it.
Fuji TV 'FNS Song Festival', which is broadcasted on the 5th and 12th of the same month, also withdrew BTS' appearance.
TV Asahi's Music Station Super Live', which is scheduled to be broadcast in late December, also reviewed the BTS appearance and blanked it.
Jimin's T-shirt included images of people calling for the liberation, black and white photographs of the atomic bomb explosion, as well as English texts such as patriotism (patriotism), our history (OURHISTORY), liberation (liberation), and Korea (KOREA).