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Girl group Le Sserafim \/ Courtesy of Source Music<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
Growing tensions between China and Japan are apparently affecting Korea’s K-pop industry, with recent events involving groups with Japanese singers being either canceled or altered in China, according to industry sources Saturday.<\/p>\n
Girl group Le Sserafim canceled a fan signing event for its single “Spaghetti,” which was slated for Sunday in Shanghai.<\/p>\n
The event organizer said the cancellation was due to an “uncontrollable factor,” without specifying the reason.<\/p>\n
Industry watchers believe the ongoing dispute between China and Japan likely played a role, given two members \u2014 Sakura and Kazuha \u2014 of the group’s five-person lineup are Japanese.<\/p>\n
Boy group Close Your Eyes held a fan meeting in Hangzhou on Dec. 6, but Japanese member Kenshin did not participate.<\/p>\n
On the same day, a fan event featuring trainees from Incode Entertainment scheduled in Shanghai was abruptly canceled hours before it started. The lineup included Japanese trainees.<\/p>\n
Such disruptions affecting teams with Japanese members have raised concerns in the K-pop industry, where multinational lineups, particularly including Japanese members, are common.<\/p>\n
“It seemed as though the ban of Korean culture in China was easing, but now it looks like a new ban on Korean-Japanese culture is emerging,” one industry official said.<\/p>\n
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