Japan's government is strongly opposed to the ruling of the Supreme Court of South Korea, and it is reported that the appearance of the world-renowned group BTS' Japan broadcast has been canceled.
There is concern that this incident is affecting the popular culture exchanges between the two countries.
I'm correspondent Choi I-rak at Tokyo.
The group BTS' Japan broadcast, which was scheduled for November and December, has been canceled.
Sponitch Anex, a local sports entertainment magazine, reported that all of the appearances of BTS such as NHK 'Hongbaek Gapjeon', Fuji TV 'FNS Song Festival' and TV Asahi 'Music Station Super Live were blanked.
Previously, TV Asahi suddenly canceled the BTS appearance scheduled for the 9th.
Japan broadcasters' BTS appearance Baek Ji-hwa is said to have nothing to do with Ji-min's wearing a T-shirt with a bomb-dropping scene last year, which is attacked by extreme right-wing forces in Japan.
There are also a few observations that the Supreme Court of South Korea's ruling on compensation for Japan and the Japanese government's hard-line response to it have affected it.
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and Foreign Minister Kono Taro Japan have criticized the ruling as "a challenge to the international community" and are also keen on international public debate.
Foreign Minister Kono has expressed his position that the ruling should not affect bilateral exchanges.
Meanwhile, BTS will start the Japan 4 Dome Tour starting from the 13th of this year.
This is Choi I-rak, Yonhap News Agency, on Tokyo.
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