In tonight’s “Bandai Namco Carnival” performance, something unprecedented happened.
During the performance, the singer of the “One Piece” ED song, Maki Otsuki, was stopped mid-song with the microphone cut off and the lights turned on.
The singer herself was bewildered, and then the staff came up to Maki Otsuki to explain the situation and led her off the stage.
In other words, this performance was canceled halfway through, leaving the audience at the scene spitting mad.
As far as I can remember, this is the first time a performance has been stopped mid-way.
The organizer’s explanation is the familiar “Force majeure“, but everyone knows that the real reason is related to the recent erroneous remarks made by Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi.
In the past few days, many concerts by Japanese singers in Beijing and other places have been canceled.
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Today (November 28th), many performances by Japanese singers scheduled to be held in Shanghai have also been announced to be canceled at the same time.
This includes the cancellation of the Shanghai leg of Ayumi Hamasaki’s Asia tour, originally scheduled for November 29th.
The performance organizer announced the cancellation this afternoon.
Ayumi Hamasaki herself also released a related announcement
Regarding the Shanghai performance, I have to make a very difficult decision, please understand.
We originally planned to collaborate with about 200 dancers from Japan and China, and spend five days completing the stage construction in Shanghai, but we suddenly received a notice to cancel the performance this morning.
I cannot comment on things I do not understand. It is just a pity that about 100 Chinese staff members who worked hard for Ayumi Hamasaki’s stage, as well as about 100 staff members, dancers, and band members who crossed the sea from Japan, were unable to perform on the spot.
Most importantly, without the opportunity to directly face the 14,000 TA from all over China, Japan, and other countries to apologize, we had to dismantle the stage, and we still cannot believe it, and cannot speak. I am very sorry.
In a state of mind that cannot be calmed, I keep thinking about what I can do but am powerless, but please allow me to use this report as the current situation.
Ayumi Hamasaki
Ayumi Hamasaki revealed that the 200 staff members from China and Japan spent 5 days building the stage for tomorrow’s performance, but it could not be performed, which is very regrettable, and she is very sorry to the 14,000 fans who came to watch.
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The stage equipment specifications for Ayumi Hamasaki’s performances in China are not much different from those in Japan. Last year’s Chinese concert still brought a full set of stage equipment from Japan, as well as hundreds of performers.
▲ Ayumi Hamasaki Asia Tour Hangzhou (October 2025)
The venue that can accommodate 14,000 people is also basically the largest scale for Japanese singers to hold solo concerts in China.
▲ Ayumi Hamasaki Asia Tour Hangzhou (October 2025)
Therefore, it is expected that the organizer will bear huge economic losses this time, but fortunately, the Hangzhou and Beijing legs of the Asia tour last month have been successfully held.
As a singer who cherishes stage performances extremely, Ayumi Hamasaki still chose to perform in the Shanghai venue that was painstakingly built this time, but without an audience.
Ayumi Hamasaki held a full performance in Shanghai today in a non-audience format, and sang to the end alone. It is reported that a recording was made, which may be released in the future to thank the Chinese fans for their support.
It is a pity to revisit a classic performance of Ayumi Hamasaki on China Central Television⬇️
In particular, Ayumi Hamasaki also announced yesterday that she would cancel the flame effects of the Shanghai concert and not wear red performance clothes, but unexpectedly, the performance was canceled today.
In addition to the cancellation of Ayumi Hamasaki’s concert, many Shanghai concerts were also announced to be canceled today.
Some were concerts originally scheduled for tonight, and fans were told that the performance was canceled a few hours before the show.
Including natori, SID, chilldspot, jiluka, the Osamu Osumi Quartet, and the Inuyasha concert.
Not only Shanghai, but also Japanese performances across the country are being canceled one after another.
The musical “Sailor Moon” Hangzhou station, originally scheduled to open tonight, announced its cancellation 4 hours before the performance.
For fans who have taken leave, bought tickets to the scene, and booked hotels, it is indeed quite regrettable that they cannot watch the long-awaited performance.
Japanese performances this weekend have almost all been canceled.
Friends who are scheduled to participate in various Japanese artists’ activities in China next month, Room-kun does not recommend booking air tickets and hotels now, because they may also be doomed to be canceled.
A few days ago, possibly for conservative reasons, the popular Japanese band “Yuzu” announced the cancellation of three concerts in Shanghai, Hong Kong, and Taipei at the same time.
Not only music performances, but Japanese films were taken off the shelves earlier.
China has clearly suspended the approval of the release of Japanese films in China.
Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Mao Ning said that the recent exchanges and cooperation between China and Japan have been affected, which was caused by the erroneous remarks made by Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi on the Taiwan issue, which seriously hurt the feelings of the Chinese people and worsened the atmosphere of Sino-Japanese exchanges. Japan should immediately correct its erroneous words and deeds and stop creating trouble on issues related to China.
In the past two years, more than 50 Japanese films have been released in China, and hundreds of Japanese singers have come to China to hold concerts.
But now the stop button has been completely pressed.
When will it be restored? Referring to the “THAAD crisis” and the “Korean restriction order” 10 years ago, only one Korean film has been released in China in the past 10 years, and there have been very few performances by Korean artists in China.
Even if the relevant restrictions are lifted in the future, it is expected that many performance companies will increase the risk awareness of force majeure and cautiously choose Japanese artists to cooperate. chilldspot, jiluka
Therefore, this time, Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s erroneous remarks have caused huge losses to the current and future cultural exchanges between China and Japan.
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