[NEWS] JYJ Are The Korean Government’s Go-To Singers? Dominated All State Events In The Past 2~3 Years

‘JYJ are the Korean government’s go-to singers?’

Group JYJ (Kim Jaejoong, Park Yoochun, Kim Junsu) are drawing attention for being chosen as the honorary ambassadors of various state events that were held by the Korean government.

JYJ will be attending the 18th Presidential Inauguration on the 25th and are expected to perform a remix of representative songs of the 90s, including ‘I Know’. The international superstar Psy has also been invited to the event, and is planning to perform his worldwide hit ‘Gangnam Style’.

Regarding the event, a representative of JYJ’s agency C-JeS Entertainment stated, “We are grateful that JYJ will be attending the state event as artistes who represent an era. We promise to work hard and prepare a great performance.”

JYJ have already performed at the closing event of the 2011 IAAF World Championships in Daegu, attended a state dinner hosted by the first lady at the Blue House in 2012, and in February of the same year, JYJ’s Kim Jaejoong attended a presidential dinner in Turkey as part of Korea’s cultural delegation.

JYJ have also been working as honorary ambassadors in various state events for the past 2~3 years. Some of the positions JYJ have worked in include being the honorary ambassadors of the 2010 G20 Summit, the United Nations in 2011, the 2012 Nuclear Security Summit, Park Ji Sung’s 2011 Asian Charity Soccer Match, and the Ministry of Knowledge and Economy’s ‘Korea Brand and Entertainment Expo (KBEE) 2012′, which was coupled with an award of commendation from the ministry.

They were recently chosen to be the honorary ambassadors of the 2014 Asian Games in Incheon. Regarding this, the Asian Games Committee stated, “We have chosen JYJ, who have an unrivaled popularity in Asia, as the honorary ambassadors of the Asian Games in order to increase awareness for the event and to spur our overseas promotion in the Asian region.”

Meanwhile, JYJ will be attending an event on the 20th to commemorate their appointment as honorary ambassadors of the 2014 Incheon Asian Games, and the presidential inauguration on the 25th. Kim Jaejoong is currently working on his Asian Tour while Park Yoochun flew to China on a chartered plane this weekend to participate in Hunan TV’s special ‘Yuan Hsiao Broadcast’. Kim Junsu is currently taking a break after successfully completing his end-of-the-year concert in December, 2012.

Source: [enews24]
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[NEWS] JYJ Are Chosen To Be The Honorary Ambassadors Of The 2013 Incheon Asian Games “Unrivaled Popularity”

JYJ (Kim Junsu, Park Yoochun, Kim Jaejoong) have been chosen as the honorary ambassadors of the 2014 Incheon Asian Games.

The Asian Games Committee stated on the 19th that, “We have chosen JYJ, who have an unrivaled popularity in Asia, as the honorary ambassadors of the Asian Games in order to increase awareness for the event and to spur our overseas promotion in the Asian region.”

JYJ have already proved their popularity overseas through their two-year long world tour that began in 2011, passed through 15 cities and met with 210,000 fans around the world. Their work as the goodwill ambassadors for UNAIDS in the Asia and Pacific region, as well as their work as the honorary ambassadors of the 2012 Seoul Nuclear Security Summit qualifies them for their next role as the honorary ambassadors of the 2014 Incheon Asian Games.

Kim Young Soo, the president of the Asian Games Committee, happily stated, “We are expecting the games to begin and end in success as JYJ’s role will not only raise awareness of JYJ’s global popularity, but also of the 2014 Incheon Asian Games to the 4 billion people of the Asian population.”

An event will be held on the 20th to commemorate JYJ’s appointment and they will then begin activities to promote the games.

Source: [Sports Seoul]
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[NEWS] JYJ Are Chosen As The Stars People Want To Give Chocolates To On Valentine’s Day In Japan

‘Ranking princes’ JYJ have been chosen as the artistes Japanese women would most like to give chocolates to on Valentine’s Day.

The Japanese Hallyu site ‘Mpost’ held a survey on the 31st of January labeled ‘Which Hallyu Group would you most like to give Valentine’s Day chocolates to?’ with 1,000 female Hallyu fans between the ages of 10 and 70. Kim Jaejoong, Park Yoochun and Kim Junsu’s group JYJ received 71.6% of the votes, topping the ranks with a landslide victory.

In the same survey that enquired about individual artistes, Kim Jaejoong, Kim Junsu and Park Yoochun came in at first to third place, proving just how popular JYJ are in Japan.

JYJ were followed by CODE-V, who made their Japanese debut last year, and TVXQ in second and third place. Others included in the rankings were Super Junior, Cho Shin Sung, and CN Blue.

Regarding the results, Mpost stated, “It was a complete victory for JYJ. It’s amazing to see how popular they are, even without any Japanese activities.”

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[NEWS] JYJ Sign On With NII For Another Year… ‘Benefitting From The JYJ Marketing Effect’

Group JYJ (Kim Jaejoong, Park Yoochun, Kim Junsu) have signed on with the clothing brand NII for another year.

A representative of NII stated, “We benefitted greatly from JYJ’s star marketing effect last year,” and “We plan to upgrade NII’s image to a new level through a ‘line extension’ strategy that combines an aggressive star marketing plan with a broadened distribution environment. We also plan to continue our Heart campaign as well.”

The announcement was released with JYJ’s Spring photoshoot images. The photos were taken in late-January at a studio in Nonhyun-dong under the concept ‘I want you!’ The photoshoot sets JYJ in a concept of warm, Spring love confessions and gives off the feel of a romantic comedy film.

JYJ’s witty and lovely side can be seen through reinterpretations of Love Actually’s sketchbook proposal scene, Cupid, the God of love, a diamond ring proposal, a White Day candy proposal, and the infamous cappuccino foam kiss.

JYJ said, “We found ourselves making funny poses for the photoshoot,” and “We really enjoyed this photoshoot and we were happy to see each other for the first time in a while.”

Source: [TV Daily]
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[NEWS] Focusing On Individual Activities For Now…A New JYJ Album To Be Released In The Summer

JYJ are planning to release a new album this summer.

Since releasing their latest album ‘In Heaven’ in 2011, Kim Jaejoong, Park Yoochun and Kim Junsu have been focusing on their individual activities. They are now preparing to release their first album as JYJ in two years and are currently busy working on the tracks that will be included in the album.

They were extremely successful last year as individuals. Leader Kim Jaejoong made his mark in a variety of fields with the drama ‘Dr. Jin’, the movie ‘Jackal is Coming’ and his first solo album ‘I’. Park Yoochun dominated various end-of-the-year acting awards for his roles in the dramas ‘Rooftop Prince’ and ‘I Miss You’. Kim Junsu received the Best Lead Musical Actor Award at the 2012 Korea Musical Awards for his roles in ‘Elisabeth’ and ‘Tears of Heaven’, and also proved that he has the strongest ticket power in the market.

Through these activities, JYJ have increased their brand value. They plan to take this momentum to make 2013 the year to focus on their group activities.

But for now, they plan to put their all into individual activities. Kim Jaejoong will be holding a mini concert and fanmeet on the 26th and 27th at the Ilsan KINTEX to commemorate the release of his album and will then continue on to an Asia tour. Park Yoochun recently finished filming for ‘I Miss You’, and is now filming CFs and preparing fanmeets while Kim Junsu is working on music and taking a break.

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[NEWS] JYJ Look Back On The Last 1000 Days Through A Magazine, “We Didn’t Give Up. We’re Happy”

A magazine that details the last 1000 days of JYJ will be released in Korea and Japan at the same time.

On the 21st of January, C-JeS Entertainment stated, “The first edition of ‘The JYJ’, the interview magazine that commemorates the 1000th day since JYJ was created, will be released simultaneously in Korea and Japan. It contains records of their worldwide English album, their world tours, and their individual activities in musicals and dramas in chronological order.”

The magazine is set to be more meaningful as JYJ have concluded all legal battles that they had previously been engaged in as they came to an agreement with their former agency SM Entertainment last November and recently won their lawsuit against their Japanese agency AVEX.

A representative of C-JeS stated, “JYJ fought a long legal battle for three years against their unlawful contract. Not only have they won their freedom, but they have also provided their juniors with a better environment to pursue their activities in,” and “But because of unseen external forces, JYJ’s activities have been restricted and JYJ talked about their feelings about this in their interviews as they took the effort to find new challenges to take on instead of giving up or backing down.”

C-JeS’ CEO Baek Chang Joo stated, “For a long time, we have worked hard to walk down our own path, and we have changed obstacles into opportunities to widen the spectrums for each member, making them leaders of other K-POP stars as they have successfully completed two world tours and made their mark in the drama and musical industries,” and “We wanted to make a book that will be dedicated to the fans who have shown their love and support for the members, no matter how hard things got.”

The magazine ‘The JYJ’ was created through a total of 25 hours of interviews with the members, and will be a total of 139 pages with a special DVD. During their interviews, the members were said to have teared up as they talked about 2009, and all the people who gave them strength during those troubled times.

JYJ stated, “Though there have been hard times in the past 1000 days, we can say that we were truly happy. We worked harder than ever and though there were unexpected obstacles in our way, we were able to grow that much and learn. We wanted to share the story of the past 1000 days that were happy, from the moment we woke up till the moment we fell asleep.”

JYJ’s interview magazine ‘The JYJ – First edition, recording 1000 days’ will be released in Korea and Japan in early February and can be bought at the C-JeS store.

Source: [wstarnews]
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[TRANS] Avex Press Release – Regarding The Lawsuit About The Activities Etc. Of JUNSU/JEJUNG/YUCHUN

Today, the Tokyo District Courts have released their ruling on the 4 counts of lawsuits against the artists JUNSU/JEJUNG/YUCHUN, who are exclusive to our company’s wholly owned subsidiary Avex Management Group (AMG) and C-JeS ENTERTAINMENT CO.LTD, as stated below :

1) Tokyo District Courts 2011 No. 17612 Injunction against defamatory actions
2) Tokyo District Courts 2011 No. 20390 Request for compensation against damages
3) Tokyo District Courts 2011 No. 25447 Request for compensation against damages
4) Tokyo District Courts 2011 No. 8301 Request for compensation against damages

As AMG does not agree with the ruling of the court, we have appealed against the rulings to the Tokyo High Courts, and this is what we would like to report.

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[NEWS] C-JeS releases details regarding JYJ’s lawsuit victory over Avex + Avex announces its intentions to appeal

After the initial announcement regarding JYJ‘s win against Avex, C-JeS Entertainment has revealed details regarding the ruling received.

According to C-JeS, the Japanese court ruled that Avex cannot insist on JYJ’s sole management in Japan, and ordered the management company to pay JYJ’s agency C-JeS Entertainment 660 million Yen (~ 7.3 million USD). The court also acknowledged the fact that Avex has defamed C-JeS’s CEO, and as such, ruled that they also pay the CEO 1 million Yen (~ 11,000 USD).

To recap, JYJ and Avex suspended their exclusive contract back in 2010 and as the conflict of promoting in Japan escalated between them, Avex had released a public notice that falsely claimed that C-JeS’s CEO was affiliated with gangsters and brought about the halt of promotions in Japan for the group. They also insisted that they had sole management over JYJ’s Japanese activities and interfered with the group’s attempt to put on a charity concert back in 2011, which led to the lawsuit.

In response to the ruling received in court today (18th), Avex has already made it clear through an announcement on their homepage that they cannot accept the decision and that they will be filing an appeal.

Source: Asiae, Sports Chosun
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[NEWS] JYJ “Win Their Lawsuit Against AVEX” – Guaranteed Freedom In Their Japanese Activities

It has been found that JYJ have won their exclusive contract invalidity lawsuit against Japan’s biggest music management agency ‘AVEX’.

A representative of JYJ’s management agency C-JeS Entertainment stated, “At around 2pm, our Japanese legal representative gave us a short call to inform to us that we won the lawsuit,” and “They have stated that they will send us the detailed verdict and content of the lawsuit, so we will wait for that.”

JYJ’s fans are already busy sending their congratulations online. The rumor of, “The Courts made the verdict that Avex must pay JYJ 600 million Yen and can no longer block any future JYJ activities,” is spreading fast amongst fans. Regarding this, C-JeS stated, “We can’t confirm anything until we receive the full verdict.”

JYJ, who had also been locked in a legal battle with SM, signed an exclusive management contract with AVEX in February, 2010 for their Japanese activities. However, AVEX changed their attitudes completely in September, 2010 and conflict emerged between the two sides. AVEX suddenly began taking up an issue with the controversies surrounding JYJ’s representatives and announced that they would stop all activities. In October, they joined hands with SM Entertainment’s singers such as TVXQ and Super Junior and began supporting their activities.

JYJ and AVEX’s legal battle began in the early months of 2011. JYJ planned their own Japanese concert in Saitama, Japan as AVEX was no longer following through with their exclusive contract, but AVEX blocked the concert in a variety of ways.

In April, JYJ filed an activity hindrance prohibition injunction, as well as an exclusive contract invalidity lawsuit, and have been waiting for a verdict.

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