After the Supreme Court of South Korea's decision to reimburse Victims for forced labor, Japan broadcasters are showing signs of rejecting Korean waves, Japan's Fuji Zakzak reported on the 6th.
The media reported on October 30 that the Supreme Court of South Korea's Victims forcible labor lawsuit against Japan war criminals was justified, raising the possibility that NHK could exclude TWICE and BTS from the "NHK Hall" cast.
In fact, Japan strongly opposed the ruling, and the Korean government is also working against it. Some reported that President Moon Jae-in and Prime Minister Shinzo Abe will attend the 2010 G20 Seoul summit and the APEC 2010 G20 Seoul summit on ASEAN in the middle of this month, but the Korea-Japan summit will not be held. The relationship between Korea and Japan is likely to deteriorate again.
An official from NHK said to the media, "If the ruling was at the beginning of the year, the timing of the ruling is too close. It seems difficult to appear in Korean wave The Artist. "
Recently, Korean wave The Artist, including BTS and Black Pink, has been outstanding in the Japanese music industry, starting with TWICE. Last year, TWICE also appeared on NHK 'NHK Hall'.
After appearing in NHK 'NHK Hall' in Kara, TVXQ and Girls' Generation in 2011, former President Lee Myung-bak visited Dokdo and the Korean wave craze in Japan culture rapidly faded. Then last year TWICE appeared on "NHK Hall." In six years, NHK opened its doors to Korean wave, and Japan pop culture once again had a Korean wave.
An NHK official said, "Since 2012, until TWICE appeared last year, Korean wave The Artist appeared as zero. This response is sensitive because it immediately affects the collection of license fees (of public broadcaster NHK)," he explained.
Another Japan music official told the media: "There was criticism online (Japan) over the atomic bomb T-shirt worn by BTS members a while ago, and when rumors of such BTS's appearance on "NHK Hall" were reported, protests were poured into NHK. If the Korean wave The Artist is decided, a stronger criticism can be made. "
NHK is a Japan public broadcaster, so the move is symbolic: 'NHK Hall', where TWICE's second consecutive year of appearances were noted, may be missed if political trends are reflected. And the failure to appear may bring another Korean wave cooler in Japan.