faze

竹島問題は少しずつ日韓のポップカルチャー面での交流にも影を落としはじめました。
fazeは「（…の）心を騒がせる、あわてさせる、落ち着きがない」という意味で、通例、否定形の文で使われます。ここでは「一見、あわてた様子はないように見えるが...」という感じでしょう。（GP）

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Territory Tensions Threaten Japan’s K-Pop Boom

Just one stop away from Tokyo’s Shinjuku hub, in Shin-Okubo, the streets are lined with shops advertising Korean music and movies, bibimbap and the latest beauty secrets from the country next door. Young Japanese girls rolling bright suitcases behind them sift through pictures of Korean celebrities from groups like Big Bang and U-KISS.

South Korean actor Song Il-guk, other pop stars and about 40 students participated in a relay swim toward the disputed islands between Seoul and Tokyo on Aug. 14. No one in Shin-Okubo seems fazed that tensions between Japan and South Korea have increased after South Korean President Lee Myung-bak visited a pair of disputed islands, listed on global maps as the Liancourt Rocks, and called Dokdo in South Korea and Takeshima in Japan. But there are signs that tensions may now be spilling over from diplomacy to pop culture.

On Friday, Tsuyoshi Yamaguchi, Japan’s vice foreign minister, said during a television appearance that it might be “difficult” for Korean actor Song Il-guk to come to Japan after he swam in a relay to the disputed islands last week on South Korea’s Independence Day. “That is how the public feels,” Mr. Yamaguchi said.

Mr. Song responded via Twitter that day, saying his answer was simply to call his three sons, whose names mean “Long Live the Republic of Korea, Hurrah!” when said together. His swim had already caused two Japanese satellite-TV broadcasters to postpone the airing of two dramas featuring the actor.

According to Korea Creative Content Agency, which is affiliated with the South Korean government, South Korea exported $117 million in music and television dramas to Japan in 2010, the most recent data available. That made Japan the largest export market for South Korean pop culture, with a nearly 40% share.

http://blogs.wsj.com/korearealtime/2012/08/27/territory-tensions-threaten-japans-k-pop-boom/