Well it seems that Johnny's is indeed serious about entering the Korean market with their groups, but it looks like it will be still some time before they may even think about actually doing more than releasing cds or having concerts over there. It has been announced that KAT-TUN will be the first Johnny's artist to have a cd released in Korea with a 17 December release of their latest single White X'Mas.
There are no plans for KAT-TUN to actually go to Korea to promote the single and I don't think they'll be recording a Korean version either. I think this will be like most Korean releases of Japanese cds in that it will be exactly the same as the Japanese version but will most likely come with a translation sheet for the lyrics.
I'm kinda surprised it's KAT-TUN that will be the first to have a release in Korea, as it was Arashi's huge concert success that was credited for Johnny's interest in entering the Korean market. But I guess they are the only group with a single release in December and they are still one of Johnny's top selling groups, coming only second to Arashi. But this can be considered good news to international fans as Korean cds are cheaper than Japanese, so if you want to save some money and don't mind waiting a bit as I'm sure they will all have a later release date than the Japanese versions to try to stop reverse importing, getting the Korean versions just may be the way to go.
Allkpop.com entry
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