[TRANS] Japanese Fans: “Petition to demand for JYJ to have freedom in Japanese activities”

T/N: This is the summarize version of the petition for the court. Please go this website （http://xoxojyj.web.fc2.com/20120209.html） to read the full version of the petition.

Petition to demand for JYJ to have freedom in Japanese activities

Organizer: Japan Fancafe JYJ Their Rooms

Submitted to: Tokyo District Court

Start Date: 09/02/2012

JYJ is currently in a trial against Avex regarding their contract.

Even though they are foreigners, the reason for this litigation is because of the large number of fans who are waiting for the restart of their Japanese activities.

We, JYJ’s Japanese fans, had been thinking of ways to support them who are currently engaged in the trial and had decided to submit the petition to the court.

JYJ who couldn’t escape the constraint from Avex, even a day faster, we would like to send our voice to the court and also JYJ of our wish for them to be able to restart their activities in Japan again. The petition and the signature shall be submitted to the court through C-Jes’ representative attorney. We planned to submit the petition on next trial fixed date, so we planned to finish this before the planned end date (only real name, nicknames are unjustifiable).

Signature project details

Petition to demand for JYJ to have freedom in Japanese activities.

1- On September 16th 2010, Avex suddenly announced JYJ’s hiatus in Japanese activities, thus taking away the possibility of JYJ’s Japanese activities and the fans chance to listen to JYJ’s singing.

2- Furthermore, for Avex, in regards of the activity hiatus, had recognized the hiatus as a one-sided fact and using this as the reason, explained it to the media and HP through claims, spreading it via twitter of their staff etc, hence profoundly hurting JYJ and C-Jes status in Japan.

3- Despite after the announcement of JYJ’s hiatus, Avex continued selling JYJ’s CD and DVD without JYJ’s consent. They also work together with Oricon in not including the total sale of both items on the Oricon ranking. Fans wanted to support the artist and JYJ’s product by putting them on the ranking, but both companies had merely scheme the conduct as a way to gain profit for their own benefit, thus making the fans to lose their faith in the companies.

4- JYJ’s June 2011’s charity event (Tokyo) and November’s concert (Ibaraki), Avex turn a deft ear to many fan’s wish and continue putting pressure on the venue and related person in charge in order to cause the activities to be suspended.

5- And then JYJ, who had even now been suspended in activities since a year and a half, due to Avex influence in Japan’s entertainment industry, could not have freedom in doing Japanese activities.

We cannot condone anymore of Avex’s continuous persistent disturbance on JYJ’s activities, and as consumers, this actions had caused a large mental anguish. We could deduce from this kind of inconsistency in Avex’s speech and conduct, the company’s objective of publication is not the reason for JYJ’s hiatus in activities, but their goal is to bind JYJ by the contract without any action (to solve the problem) but, nothing more than to deprive them in Japan’s entertainment world.

In addition, South Koreahas enlistment system in which around 2 years, they would have to undergo their military duties and will not be able to have their artist activities. Since the three members of JYJ are in middle of the twenties, it won’t be weird if they are enlisted. Taking in the consideration that for South Korean’s young male artist, the activities up until their military enlistment influence the importance of their lifetime, we seek for immediate solution to solve this problem.

Apart fromSouth Korea and Japan, JYJ has fans from all parts of the world. Their worldwide fans naturally defends JYJ to have their (JYJ) human right respected, thus they also wished for JYJ to have freedom in doing their activities, thus the fans are paying close attention of this trial in Japan. For the judgment, we humbly request to please naturally respect the freedom in the artist’s activities and human right, and to also consider each and every fan’s feeling who loves the artist.

We, JYJ’s Japanese fans wished from the bottom of our heart for the court’s sense of justice of a prompt judgment for the liberty of JYJ from Avex andSouth Korea’s SM Ent unfair disturbance and the freedom of JYJ’s Japanese activities.

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PETITION LINK.
On February 29th, 2012 at 00:19 hrs.
Target signature:10 000, now it’s up to 17 100.
Good job Japanese Fans ^_^

Credit: Japan Fancafe JYJ Their Rooms, Petition Link
Translated by:  Helly of JYJ3
Shared by: JYJ3 Please do not add to, alter, or remove the credits.

[Trans] 110623 The Current Situation of JYJ in Japan

From Weekly Magazine Shukan Bunshun

credits tomomama2 @ twitter

T/N: Shukan (Weekly) Bunshun is a weekly magazine, a circulation of 500 thousand copies per week (2008). The main target is for working member of the society.

It is almost a year since, and there were many pains… we didn’t know it was this hard to be able to come to Japan. (Jaejoong’s MC)

There was the charity event for the Eastern Japan disaster by the Korean 3 members’ group JYJ on June 7 at Ryogoku Kokugikan, Tokyo. 20 thousand went wildly excited. 

Jaejoong, Yoochun, and Junsu broke away from the Korean 5 members’ group Tohoshinki, and formed JYJ. They brought the case to court because they were dissatisfied of profit sharing and of the 13 years’ long term contract, the so-called “slave contract”. They are being in opposition with Yunho and Changmin, who remained as “Tohoshinki”. Being in such trouble, avex, who have signed with them their Japanese contract, have suspended the activities of the 3 members from September last year.

“The remaining contract period is less than one year. They intend not to approve any of their activities.” (person related to the record company)

JYJ side has stated that the charity itself is not show business, however, avex stated that “there are contractual problems”, and there was talk that the performance itself will be cancelled.

“The concert at the Kokugikan was not announced until the last minute, and JYJ side forced their way through.  Avex is now enraged, and if there is a similar case in the future, they may claim compensation for damages. (same person)

“It is so lonely that they resumed their activities for only one day. If they hold a concert every day, I will go every day, and I will contribute every day, too.” There are such fans’ voices. On the other hand, the tabloid newspapers and TV stations took no notice of the event the next day.

It should be a little later before we can see their Japanese activities.

(T/N: above the article)They sang 12 songs for both the afternoon and evening event. The ticket price in auction sites were up to 5 times of the original price. It was the first time that the Kokugikan was full of ladies. (T/N: Kokugikan is the venue for traditional Japanese sumo wrestling matches.)

(T/N: right bottom of Junsu picture)Junsu is active in musicals. His twin brother Juno is active in the entertainment world, too.

(T/N: left bottom of Jaejoong picture)Jaejoong was the eldest in Tohoshinki. He made his Japanese drama debut last year.

(T/N: right bottom of Yoochun picture)Yoochun was living in US since he was in the upper grade of elementary school till right before his debut in 2004.

T/N: avex stockholders' meeting 2011 will take place on June 26 (Sun), 10:00am at the Tokyo International Forum

Source: Shukan Bunshun & tomomama2@twitter

Trans: smiley @ OneTVXQ.com

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