Overview
- The three-day Bandai Namco experiential event opened on November 28 in Shanghai with large crowds and strong merchandise sales.
- During a set by One Piece singer Maki Otsuki that evening, venue lights and audio were cut, forcing a mid-song halt, according to her official site.
- Bandai Namco canceled the remainder of the festival, which had been scheduled to run through November 30.
- An Ayumi Hamasaki concert planned in Shanghai for November 29 was also called off on November 28.
- News outlets link the spate of suspensions to Chinese backlash over Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s Diet comments about a Taiwan contingency.