Produce 48 featured 39 Japanese trainees who came from various branches of the AKB48 family including HKT48, NGT48, NMB48 and SKE48. The temporary group that was created as a result of Produce 48 was, of course, IZ*ONE. But only three of the 39 Japanese trainees made the group: Miyawaki Sakura, Honda Hitomi and Yabuki Nako. A further five
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BTS, IZ*ONE and how tensions between Korea and Japan play out in K-pop – seoulbeats
Idols’ scandals rarely make headlines outside of Korea and the K-pop fandom. But when a Japanese television appearance by BTS was canceled in early November, it became international news covered by The New York Times, CNN, BBC News and more. At the same time, Japanese-Korean girl group IZ*ONE was navigating controversies amid their debut back
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