‘Japan-Korea Top Ten Show’ Japanese Forced Resignation Suspicion Denied “Groundless, Seeking Flexible Appearances” [Official Position]
‘Japan-Korea Top 10 Show’ Denies Suspicions of Forced Resignation of Japanese Members “Groundless, Seeking Flexible Appearances” [Official Position]
The production team of MBN‘s ‘Japan-Korea Top 10 Show’ has stated their position on the suspicions of the forced resignation of some Japanese members.
On the 5th, Ten Asia reported that the Japanese cast of ‘Japan-Korea Top 10 Show’ (Fukuda Mirai, Utakokoro Rie, Azuma Aki, Makoto, Sumida Aiko, Natsuko, Kanou Miyu) recently received a unilateral notice of resignation from the production team.
After the report, the production team of ‘Japan-Korea Top 10 Show’, refuted the report, saying, “First of all, the talk about the ‘forced withdrawal’ of the Japanese members is not true”, and explained, “Normally, all members (including Korean and Japanese members) have signed contracts for one program per season based on 12 episodes. And the production team extended the contracts with the Korean and Japanese members for one season and did Season 2 together”.
They continued, “Meanwhile, since appearing on ‘Japan-Korea Top 10 Show’, the Japanese members’ schedules have increased as their popularity in Japan has increased, and there have been many instances where they were unable to participate in the recording, and sometimes their schedules had to be filled in urgently. In particular, Rie barely made any appearances in Season 2, and the other members also made more sporadic appearances,” he said.
In addition, “Considering that it is not easy to travel back and forth between Korea and Japan, the production team is currently exploring various methods, such as flexibly allowing members who fit their schedules to appear. In fact, regarding the production of the Japanese edition of the Korea-Japan Singer King on the 26th, when filming the local documentary, we coordinated in advance with members who had compatible schedules locally, such as Rie, Makoto, and Aki, and filmed together,” he said.
The production team of ‘Korea-Japan Top Ten Show’ said, “In this situation, the talk of the Japanese members being forced to leave makes the efforts of the production team, who have struggled to introduce songs from both countries, seem in vain,” and declared legal action, saying, “If false information that can destroy trust between the countries continues to spread, we will take legal action.”
Full text of the official position on the suspicion of forced withdrawal from ‘Korea-Japan Top Ten Show’Hello, this is the production team of ‘Korea-Japan Top Ten Show’.
We would like to speak about the appearance of Japanese members on ‘Korea-Japan Top Ten Show’.
First, we are concerned about the Japanese members’ ‘forced The statement that they ’left’ is not true. Usually, all members (including Korean and Japanese members) signed a contract for one program for a season with 12 episodes.
And the production team extended the contract with the Korean and Japanese members for one season and did Season 2 together.
In the meantime, since the Japanese members‘ schedules increased after appearing on ‘Korea-Japan Top Ten Show’ starting from Season 2, there were many cases where they were unable to participate in the recording, and sometimes their schedules were disrupted and replacements had to be urgently brought in.
In particular, Rie barely appeared in Season 2, and the other members also appeared sporadically.
Considering that it is not easy to travel back and forth between Korea and Japan, the production team is currently exploring various methods, such as flexibly having members who fit their schedules appear.
In fact, when filming the local documentary on the Japanese edition of the Korea-Japan King of Singers on the 26th, we made prior arrangements with members whose schedules matched with those in Japan, such as Rie, Makoto, and Aki, to film together.
In this situation, the forced withdrawal of the Japanese members makes the efforts of the production team, who have struggled to introduce songs from both countries, seem in vain.
In the future, if false information that can destroy trust between the countries is spread, we plan to take legal action.
The production team of ‘Korea-Japan Top Ten Show’ will continue to create programs that strive to expand cultural exchange between Korea and Japan.
Jeong Hee-yeon, Donga.com reporter shine2562@donga.com
