6,000 people hold a protest against Fuji TV
by ustar on August 22, 2011 at 8:24 am
On August 21st, 6,000 people gathered at Oumi-Kita Futou Park in Odaiba for a protest against broadcast network Fuji TV. There was a big round of applause when the organizer shouted through the microphone, “I am thankful that many people gathered together.”
A little after 1:30 PM, the protesters started walking towards Fuji TV headquarters. They called out simple messages saying, “Fuji TV shouldn’t force Hallyu on us!” and “We don’t want to watch Korean dramas!“. This protest began after actor Takaoka Sosuke made remarks criticizing the growing Korean boom in entertainment. These citizens first took action on August 7th, when 2,500 people gathered in Odaiba and raised their voices saying, “Stop the Hallyu“. For that time, it was considered a ‘walk’ because it wasn’t an authorized protest. Later, the organizers uploaded a permit from the Tokyo Metropolitan Public Safety Commission onto the internet, and emphasized the validity of the protest, encouraging other people to join.