<figure id="attachment_451944" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-451944" style="width: 2000px" class="wp-caption alignnone"><a href="#" data-ident_hash="e85ffbfb"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/fridaydigital/image/private/t_article_image/wpmedia/2025/12/8884a59f9edb71056966d27773002a1c.jpg" alt=""></a><figcaption id="caption-attachment-451944" class="wp-caption-text">Korean four-piece idol group aespa will appear in this year&#8217;s NHK Kohaku Uta Gassen for the first time, and they have been the subject of some controversy. &#8230;&#8230;</figcaption></figure>
<h2> 130,000 people have signed a petition calling for a stop to aespa&#8217;s participation in the Kohaku Uta Gassen.</h2>
 The public&#8217;s opinion of aespa, a four-member Korean girl group making its first appearance in the 76th NHK Kohaku Uta Gassen (Red and White Singing Contest), remains strong.
 The exposé-style account &#8220;DEATHDOL NOTE&#8221; was X&#8217;d on December 23,
 We submitted (mailed) a written statement to the NHK Broadcasting Center (forcibly).
 The group&#8217;s participation in the Kohaku Uta Gassen was originally proposed by aespa, a group that has been in the spotlight since the 1960s.
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 It all started in 2010 when Ning Ning (23), a Chinese member of aespa, posted on an app for fans with a photo of a lamp shaped like a mushroom cloud,
 I bought a pretty light~~~how is it?
 (I bought a pretty light~~~how is it?). The lamp, which looks like a mushroom cloud from an atomic bomb, has caused controversy, with some people asking, &#8220;Is it anti-Japanese? In response to this, the following comments were made about the group
 A petition site titled &#8220;We demand that aespa&#8217;s participation in Kohaku be suspended.
 The petition site titled &#8220;Demand that aespa be suspended from appearing in Kohaku&#8221; has been launched and has collected 137,734 signatures. There is a reason why Masao Mado, the founder of Death Dollar, &#8220;forced&#8221; NHK to mail the petition as mentioned above.
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<div data-friday-nextpage-lead=" NHK&#39;s &quot;surprising&quot; response can be found at ......"></div>
<h2>Nin Nin was absent from the red carpet.</h2>
 The day before the mailing, Mado&#8217;s account shows that he himself took a picture in front of NHK and
 I went to the counter with the signature list, but NHK refused to accept it.
 He then posted, &#8220;Broadcasting Ethics and Program Improvement Organization of Japan He then revealed that he had also taken it to the Broadcasting Policy and Program Improvement Organization (BPO), but they refused to accept it.
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 On social networking sites
 If they refuse to accept this, I will also refuse to pay the subscription fee.
 If I refuse to receive it, I will also refuse to pay the subscription fee.
 Some people are critical of NHK, saying, &#8220;If I refuse to receive this, I will also refuse to pay the subscription fee.
 The aespa also appeared at Korea&#8217;s largest music awards ceremony held on December 20 at the Gogak Skydome in South Korea, but Nyin Nyin, who posted this article, did not attend the red carpet photo shoot due to illness. However, her agency announced that she would perform at the show &#8220;due to the artist&#8217;s strong will for the stage.
 I think the red carpet is close to the press, so I think she may have been wary of being asked questions related to Kohaku. &#8230;&#8230; Some people on social networking sites were harsh, saying that she should &#8220;take a break from Kohaku as it is. Some people on social networking sites are saying, &#8220;She should take the day off from Kohaku as it is.
 (A reporter from a sports newspaper) So, this website interviewed NHK about the signatures and aespa&#8217;s participation in Kohaku.
 Q: Why did NHK refuse to accept the signatures? Did you receive the signatures by mail?
 A: &#8220;There is no fact that we refused to receive them. We invited you to send them by mail or e-mail. We did receive the signatures you indicated.&#8221;
 Q: Is there any possibility that aespa&#8217;s participation in Kohaku will be withdrawn?
 A: &#8220;There is no change in our schedule.
 NHK&#8217;s response is attracting a lot of attention.
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