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Nov 29 12 11:10 AM

true, but still, right? (whatever that means)

in the end it still boils down to nation politics. sure, the officials will say that less interest in KPOP artists, but at the same time, with the current situation between Korea and Japan in regards to the territorial dispute over the islands, and how it affect the interest in KPOP artists (like they say, when KPOP artists appear on these shows, they will less likely to tune in for that section), even though they are still allowed to promote singles/albums there via tv shows and such (though it still depends on the producing TV Stations, as seen on TV Asahi which produced M-Sta, and NHK which produced MUSIC JAPAN and the annual Kouhaku), consider year end shows where there's more people watching it compared to weekly programs, they rather not take the risk by inviting Korean artists for fear of getting complaints from viewers and subsequent backlash from the politicians. (for instance, how some viewers reacted to Koda Kumi's "inappropriate" donning of a Kimono when she appeared at one of the yearend shows to perform "Unmei")

it's only next year that we could see whether this unofficial banning on Korean artists to seep in the weekly programs.