The Internet is in agreement with Fifi’s comment about NHK’s Kohaku Uta Gassen “pushing the Korean Wave”.

NHK is taking subscription fees from Japanese people, but putting Japanese people on the back burner, and sticking to the Korean Wave.

Egyptian TV personality Fifi commented on her X (formerly Twitter) page by November 16 about the large number of Korean artists who will perform at the 74th NHK Kohaku Uta Gassen on New Year’s Eve.

This year, six K-pop groups will participate, including the female group “LE SSERAFIM,” the 13-member group “SEVENTEEN,” and “MISAMO,” a unit of three Japanese members of “TWICE,” three of which will be participating for the first time.

Fifi was quoted by the Korean media as saying, “We have to attract Hallyu fans.

Fifi quoted Korean media as saying in an article analyzing the background of the event, “A pragmatic decision was made to attract Hallyu fans or else the ratings would drop even further.”

The number of Kohaku fans was the largest in the history of Kohaku,

The Korean media is taking the liberty of analyzing the background behind the largest number of KPOP acts in Kohaku history, but I hope they don’t bring shame on Japan by saying that Japan’s national music program relies on KPOP all the time. It’s crazy that NHK takes subscription fees from the Japanese people, but puts the Japanese people on the back burner, and is obsessed with the Korean Wave.

Why should NHK be so concerned about ratings and making programs that appeal to a certain group of people? NHK should concentrate on making programs for the people.

and “NHK should care about viewership ratings and make programs that appeal to a certain group of people.

On the other hand, due to the sex-abuse issue of Johnny’s Kitagawa, for the first time in 44 years, there will be no singers from the former Johnny’s office participating in the festival. Including this, the color of the program is clearly different from that of the previous Kohaku.

The Kohaku has become “Korean Wave” as a result, and the following comments were made on social networking sites

Why is the Korean Wave taking the place of Saburo Kitajima and Shinichi Mori, who used to be the face of the Kohaku, who graduated from the Kohaku saying, “I want to give my seat to the young people. I will not watch this year’s Kohaku.

I cannot agree that NHK, which is forced to collect subscription fees, promotes foreign groups. I want them to cancel my subscription.

I want them to cancel my subscription.

As if ignoring such voices, NHK filed a civil lawsuit against three households in Tokyo this month, demanding the conclusion of a contract and payment of the subscription fee and surcharge at Tokyo Summary Court. NHK has started a system whereby households that refuse to pay the surcharge can be charged a “surcharge” that is double the subscription fee.

Incidentally, there are many industries that “adamantly refuse” to pay NHK’s subscription fees, as well as the general public.

There are many employees of commercial TV stations who do not pay NHK subscription fees. When they come to collect the fees, they turn them away by saying, “I work for another station, so I don’t watch NHK and won’t pay.

Sometimes, senior employees teach new recruits not to send salt to the enemy. The ratings for Kohaku, especially on New Year’s Eve, are a threat to commercial broadcasters. I hope that the commercial TV stations will “self-destruct” by neglecting Japanese artists and promoting the “Korean Wave.

It is true that the improvement in Japan-Korea relations may have increased the number of viewers who want to see Korean groups. However, NHK should understand that many people are uncomfortable with the fact that it is a public broadcaster that is “promoting” foreign-capital groups.