Cashing in on the huge popularity of the Korean Wave, especially among Japanese women, one promoter using young South Korean male “entertainers” who did not have the proper visas to work in Japan is going to have to face the music.
The Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department announced on Feb. 15 that it had sent papers to prosecutors for a 48-year-old South Korean man who held 66 performances at a club in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward using a five-man K-pop group residing illegally.
“I thought that if I brought young people who had just debuted in South Korea to Japan and if they became as popular as [the K-pop groups] KARA or Tohoshinki, I would be able to reap huge profits and that the club would also become famous,” sources said the man told investigators.
(Liberty Times)
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一名想靠走紅於日本、特別是在日本女性之間廣受歡迎的韓流來牟利的演唱會主辦人，因雇用未持有在日工作之適當簽證的南韓男「藝人」，而將受到懲罰。
東京警視廳二月十五日宣布，已將一名四十八歲南韓男子，函送檢方偵辦。這名男子雇用非法居留的五人韓流團體在東京新宿一家俱樂部舉行六十六場表演。
「我以為只要我把剛在南韓出道的年輕人帶到日本來，而且要是他們變得跟（韓流團體）KARA或東方神起一樣受歡迎，我就能大撈一票，這家俱樂部也會爆紅，」消息人士稱該男子如此告訴調查人員。
（自由時報／翻譯：張沛元）
A: I’ve been a fan of singer Jay Chou for 24 years, since his debut in 2000. B: But this time, his Taipei Dome concerts have shed light on the issue of ticket scalping. A: Isn’t the law stricter after being amended last year? B: Yeah, ticket scalping is illegal, even if you only raise the price by NT$1 when reselling. A: Why aren’t scalpers afraid of getting caught? Maybe a real-name ticketing system would be better. A: 自從周杰倫2000年出道以來，我都已經追星24年了。 B: 不過這次大巨蛋開唱，他卻引爆黃牛票問題。 A: 去年修法後，法規不是變得比較嚴格？ B: 是啊，就算加價1元轉賣也算違法！ A: 黃牛們怎麼都抓不怕？或許票券「實名制」會更有用。 （By Eddy Chang, Taipei Times／台北時報張聖恩）
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