Thousands of fans have turned out near Tokyo to see their favorite K-pop stars in a display of how popular South Korean pop music is in Japan despite years of chilled relations between the two countries.
Groups such as INFINITE, Block B, GOT7, Supernova, SISTAR were among the musicians performing at the indoor Saitama Super Arena for their showcase concert “M Countdown”.
Organisers expanded the musical event into a cultural and economic exhibition, with dozens of South Korean companies setting up booths to showcase food and other products outside the concert venue on Wednesday evening.
“I think they really care about us. I can feel it,” 30-year-old Supernova fan Koyori Watanabe said of the K-pop stars.
Korean pop has made major strides in the Japanese music market, the world’s second largest after the United States, in the last five years.
A large-scale celebration of hallyu, or Korean wave, was successfully held Wednesday in Japan, drawing over 15,000 visitors who were mostly in their teens and twenties.
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