Gangnam proceeds with the Japan project without any further statement after deleting Fukushi Sota content

Singer Kangnam has continued his activities without any separate statement after deleting a video featuring Japanese actor Sota Fukushi. Recently, Kangnam announced on his YouTube channel ’Neighborhood Friend Kangnami’ that he plans to release Roy Kim’s ’Sparkle’ as the fourth song in the J-POP remake project on the 11th. Kangnam is carrying out the ’J-POP Remake’ project, which presents popular Japanese songs newly in collaboration with domestic singers. On the 20th of last month, he released content capturing daily life with Sota Fukushi, who is known to have been involved in a past right-wing controversy. In 2015, Sota Fukushi appeared in a special documentary commemorating the 70th anniversary of the end of the war, aired on Japan’s Fuji TV, where he spoke about his grandfather, who was a candidate for the Kamikaze special attack unit. The Kamikaze were suicide attack units used by the Japanese military during the Pacific War to attack Allied ships, symbolizing Japanese imperialism and aggressive war, and references to this are considered sensitive in South Korea. Afterward, Kangnam deleted the related SNS posts. However, he continues to release Japan-related content without any separate explanation or apology.