JAKARTA - Ningning could not perform with aespa in the year-end music show in Japan, Kohaku Uta Gassen. This event is an iconic new year's event that airs on the NHK television station on December 31.
SM Entertainment as the agency said Ningning was diagnosed with flu and asked to rest. As a result, three aespa members: Karina, Winter, and Giselle appeared in three.
"Ningning was diagnosed with influenza after receiving treatment for her health problems. She was advised to rest," SM Entertainment said on Tuesday, December 30.
"Only three members - Karina, Giselle and Winter - will appear in this year's year-end event," he said.
This statement coincided with a controversy that had to do with aespa after they were confirmed to appear on the Kohaku Uta Gassen show.
The event, which has been running for decades, always presents various singers and musicians from Japan as well as other countries, not to mention South Korea. However, it is different from aespa, who has actually caused controversy.
A petition on the Change.org website is asking NHK to cancel aespa's appearance. The petition has been signed by 70 thousand users in two days. Initially, they argued that aespa's cancellation was due to Ningning's social media uploads in 2022 when she uploaded a photo of a decorative light that was considered similar to a nuclear bomb fog. Ningning is said to not know the history well.
On the other hand, the political situation between China and Japan has heated up after Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi expressed the possibility of military involvement in the Taiwan conflict.
The Beijing government has also tightened restrictions on tourism to Japan, Japanese content and culture to be accessed by its citizens.
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