After the Court’s ruling partially in favor of the Jaejoong, Yuchun and Junsu’s application of provisional injunction, Avex, JYJ’s management company in Japan, demanded that the three members accept conditions that were unilaterally favorable to Avex during the discussion about a new contract. The three members, now free from SM’s influence, refused this offer. In response to this rupture of negotiations between the two parties, Avex announced ‘suspension’ of existing contract with Jaejoong, Yuchun, and Junsu in September 2010.
The below statement is the official statement from the three members, Jaejoong, Yuchun, and Junsu after Avex’s announcement of suspension of the contract. From this statement, it is revealed that Jaejong, Yuchun, and Junsu carried out schedules set by Avex, such as Thanksgiving Live in Dome, A-nation, “素直になれなくて”(Sunaoninarenakute, Jaejoong), single album ‘XIAH’ (Junsu), “Beautiful Love” (Yuchun), and many others in order to fulfill the contract and keep the promise with the fans without a complaint.
JYJ3’s Note: Broken link, Pls read Cjes-JYJ’s statement on the next page (2):
In the world of Japanese show business, it is rare to see an entertainer change the management company because of the negative influence it has on the celebrities’ reputation. Avex took advantage of this rather peculiar cultural custom to bind the members to Avex by ‘suspending’ rather than ‘canceling’ the existing contract. This blocks JYJ from signing a new contract with a different management company, and in result, practically suspends members’ activities in Japan completely.
Even after the announcement of suspension of activities, Avex has not only been working thoroughly to weaken the three members’ position in Japan by controlling the media to shape public opinion, but also have been reaping profits from the loyal fan base by steadily releasing products using three members creative works. Recent examples of Avex’s such endeavors include the exclusion of DVD sales from the Oricon Chart and its interference in the charity concert event in Japan.
This new, and rather eccentric strategy of excluding the sale of an official DVD that contain the three members’ activities from 2010 from the Oricon charts that Avex has adopted catches two birds with one stone. Not only does the announcement released by Oricon Chart damage the three members’ public reputation by creating an atmosphere that the three members are having time for self-reflection after having done something wrong, but it also creates profit, as the loyal Japanese fan base could never turn their eyes away from a new product because the fans need to ‘show’ others that the three members’ popularity is still going strong in Japan. In addition, since there will be no official record of the DVD sales volume, Avex is the only source of such information, and for that reason, it is unclear if the members will ever get their rightful share of the earnings from the DVD release.
Also, as seen from the controversy regarding the charity concert event in Saitama, we could see that Avex constantly is on the lookout for any sign of public sentiment favorable to JYJ building up in Japan. By creating bad press, Avex continues to damage the three members’ reputation, while the representatives of the company are feeding the Japanese fans the false hope of seeing the five members together as Tohoshinki in Japan via unofficial and meaningless tweets on Twitter. (*Author’s Note: I say false hope because judging from Avex’s actions in dealing with the three members’ situation, it seems clear that Avex does not have any intention of resuming business with JYJ. Avex would have used all its resources to prevent any damages to JYJ’s reputation if there was any possibility of JYJ singing under Avex’s label again. Anyone with right sense in his/her mind surely would have realized this, since that was not the first time these two individuals have babbled gibberish, or simply put, bull****, about the members to make up lame excuses for their own company and play victim.) Moreover, Avex Group Holdings Inc. is also under suspicion of directly interfering with the event itself by influencing enterprises related to carrying out this event.
What is most frustrating is that the suspension of activities by Avex, the cause of all these unfair treatments that JYJ suffers from, does not even have reasonable grounds. The reasons for Avex’s suspension of Jaejoong, Yuchun, and Junsu cannot be justified:
1) Personal history of C-JeS’s CEO is irrelevant to the terms of contract between Avex and the three members.
2) Even if that was a problem due to its business ethics policies, there are evidences which shows that Avex already had known about the CEO’s background before the three started their activities as an unit under Avex. Thus, the contract should have been canceled, not suspended as the cause for the breach of contract falls on Avex, not JYJ.
3) The three members faithfully carried out all that was required of them on the contract. (There’s no breach of contract on JYJ’s part)
Moreover, Avex’s insistence that the contract between Avex and the five members under SM Entertainment is still valid but the contract is suspended only for the three members due to the recent developments from the lawsuit is out of reason.
Considering that the two parties were discussing cancellation of contract, unilaterally announcing a suspension of the existing contract rather than canceling it can only be interpreted as a strategic maneuver on Avex’s part to block the three members from moving on to a rival management companies in Japan, as Avex is fully aware of the three members’ potential for success in the Japanese market. This clearly is Avex’s abuse and exploitation of the three members that is no different from what SM has been doing in Korea: treating the three members merely as a commodity and taking all the measures necessary to block the three members from moving forward when the members refuse to be taken advantage of.
Avex and SM, the two big powers in the entertainment industry in Japan and Korea, continue to hinder JYJ from resuming their entertainment activities in an attempt to monopolize the market. This attempt at exclusion of JYJ from the entertainment industry once and for all not only affects JYJ. It could also be expanded to pose a dangerous threat to fundamental rights of all Korean artists and entertainers and the preservation of quality of Korean popular culture overall, and must be put to an end.
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Let International fans sign the Japanese petition, pls.. I really want to kill this people!!!
****make voodoo of Chib* & Ma* and put a lot of curse on it!.. grrrrr..****
Yeah. If I had 100 clones, I’ll make sure they all sign!
make vodoo?? i’m so wanna join too!!keke
I’m curious as to when the contract with AVEX was supposed to end. I’m not quite sure how these contract suspensions work, but would AVEX still be able to continue blocking JYJ’s activities past that date?
I think they are also using their contract with SME for TVXQ as grounds for Jaejoong, Yoochun and Junsu being under “exclusive” contract. Really, Avex is grasping at anything they can reach. I’m glad the boys have brought this to the courts where it should get sorted out.
If they are “using” TVXQ´s contract with Avex through SM…
5-6 years more ;-;
Nothing to say!these people r so….ashiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii!!!!!
I wanna burn Avex and SM building right now!!!!! let’s sign the petition again…aish, those people is really annoying…sigh..
Be careful!!!my boys
Oh! I see, this is better than creating a drama in twitter. Honestly, Avex is delusional as it’s best. Getting TVXQ as 5 is almost as impossible now. I could care less if they come back as five but really Avex, you shouldn’t have suspended JYJ, they were more valuable than what SM offered to you. You see, JYJ is still a big profit to you and CJES was even willing to back out and have JYJ exclusive to you but you just have to do this and not only that smear their name in the Japanese eyes and block them to perform. But in the end, you didn’t get the SM artist that you want and even the oh so great TVXQ of 5. Yeah, sure you have 2VXQ but you couldn’t use them to the fullest potential that could have generate more profit to you. So Screw you Avex, you hypocrite.
I fully support JYJ now, and I trust these boys in filing a lawsuit against Avex what ever the outcome is I’ll stand by them and even if they lose and even how much they are being screw over, I know they could still stand up because their current situation and success have just prove it all over again. And I’m so sure that they don’t need Avex to make a success in Japan.
*pray* *pray* please, please just let the contract end and things will be much better. damn it AVEX, this is so frustrating !!!!!!!!! i feel like i can’t breathe while reading this !!!!!
Right! Burnnnnn!in my country, the petrol is expensive but im sure I want to do that!ohhhhhhh!
“This was Avex move to block the three members from signing a new contract with other agencies in Japan and thus closing the channels to continue their activities in Japan”
Gosh, I new it! T____T
JYJ can not sign with other company thanks to Avex´s dirty actions and they can not do any activities either! T___T
“… while Avex takes profits made by the member´s works”
Dirty dirty Avex!! I hate you so much!!! ><
"Avex and SM, the two big powers in the entertainment industry in Japan and Korea, continue to hinder JYJ from resuming their entertainment activities in an attempt to monopolize the market. This attempt at exclusion of JYJ from the entertainment industry once and for all not only affects JYJ. It could also be expanded to pose a dangerous threat to fundamental rights of all Korean artists and entertainers and the preservation of quality of Korean popular culture overall, and must be put to an end."
This is horrible! Why why why?? We must do something! Please!!
japanese fans please let us the international fans to sign the pettion too !!!!
This site really made my life like ride roller coaster 😦
it’s not good for my health though but if this for my boys then i will do everything that can help them right now
Gosh~~
I’m hungry and this is not helping any!
AVEX, SME, don’t make my head ache anymore, okay? Stop playing with JYJ and treating us fans like idiots because your efforts are just making you look like fools instead of making JYJ look bad in front of us. You want us to use the FRYING PANS on you? I’m really hungry!!! I’m talking nonsense! T_______________T
After everything he have done… Is there someone who still believe this crap?
He knows how to take advantages on japanese fandom recent situation..
Sm had done this before, saying jyj are the one whose wrong, greedy, unregretful, bla, bla, blah, in any media possible. Luckily most of k cassie finally know who is the greedy one.
Hei! Neither AVEX nor SM own JYJ life! JYJ belongs to themselves. They are all grown men who have responsibility and know every single step they have made.. You don’t have a right to say that the step they take are the wrong one… In this world there’s no absolute right or wrong. It’s all about choices.
Maxie : but…but..*hiccups* we want to bring tohoshinki back!we love our money maker!*hiccups*..There’s no comparison between whole of SM artist nowdays and JYJ! They can be the death of me and chiba if they back to Japan under other management!THE DEATH OF ME!!my three diamond~come back to me~*hiccups*
..awww..my poor Maxie baby..don’t cry,when you grow up,you can try to be like JYJ hyungs,then you will shine like diamond by yourself..don’t cry and go to sleep,tomorrow you have to wake up early,or else you will miss a breakfast in kindergarten and your friend Chiba will be upset,so go to sleep baby and have nice dreams of JYJ hyungs..cmock..sweet JYJ drems..
its funny how 2 big n influencial company afraid with d power of JYJ… hahhaa
avex r going down…. they tell 2 many lies n we got proof on that… i think they not pro in lies like SM…..
Bigeast… This is your turn if u want JYJ back… Don’t be selfish and claim you support all 5 when you simply support and oppressing JYJ at the same time..
… Ukh..
Agree!
DC GALLERY HAS GONE,BUT MISSION4JYJ HAS COME.
I MUST SAY I’M PROUD TO BE JYJ FAN.
AND JYJ DESERVED IT.
LONG LONG WAY WILL BE,BUT ALL FIGHTING!!!
those are totally invalid reasons Avex! a fallacious RED HERRING i tell you.
“In the world of Japanese show business, it is rare to see an entertainer change the management company because of the negative influence it has on the celebrities’ reputation. Avex took advantage of this rather peculiar cultural custom to bind the members to Avex by ‘suspending’ rather than ‘canceling’ the existing contract.”
This. Avex is making use of the fact that image is more impt to a celebrity than any thing else, and also the fact that it is rare to have cases where people would have problems with their companies that they are using it to portray a negative image on the three of them, to pressurize them.
@miko –
That’s why our JYJ are the bravest, most courageous artists I know. They STAND UP and fight for what’s right, when everyone else just sits there and takes it.
like i said in my previous post
I EFFIN HATE AVEX
GIVE ME A KATANA A MACHETE ANYTHING!!!!
>:/
Avex´s dirty games can´t deceive us anymore.I hope that japanese fans realize about this too.
They are trying to play the role of the rightful people that only want the best for JYJ, They are fooling the fans saying things like “we are going to bring back Tohoshinki”
It´s is so lame.
JYJ, my dear boys, be strong!
Oh, Yeeeees….. isn’t this a lovely company for Junho to have just gotten into bed with?
At least SM dont make a drama queen war in twitter LOL
..depends..sme was smarter,their artists did twitter bashing JYJ drama..
and PLEASE…let as internacional fans to sign that…
we want to participate guys n_n
Maybe this was avex plan from the beginning butter them up so they would resign with them, then suspend the contract so they can’t work in Japan either.
anybody know how to make malatov cocktails?
Yup.
..definitely..let’s drop some at sme/avex..
LMAO at avex’s claims they can’t do business with C-Jes bacause of the CEO’s ‘criminal background’. Almost everything avex has done in regards to JYJ is criminal. Double standards much?!
You bet there are double standards. But again, they should watch their backs. I sense Lady Karma sneaking up on them.
Manipulators and liars. ¿What else can I say? They’re blocking JYJ only to prevent them to perform in Japan. Contract cancellation vs. contract suspension….tsc, tsc, tsc. Dirty tricks intended only to harm and victimize JYJ. And Avex is still profiting on them, and I’m sure JYJ won’t see a penny out of it. If Avex were as clean and honest as it preach it is, it had cancelled the contract rather than suspended it.
@jyj3
“Not only does the announcement released by Oricon Chart damage the three members’ public reputation by creating an atmosphere that the three members are having time for self-reflection after having done something wrong, but it also creates profit, as the loyal Japanese fan base could never turn their eyes away from a new product because the fans need to ‘show’ others that the three members’ popularity is still going strong in Japan. In addition, since there will be no official record of the DVD sales volume, Avex is the only source of such information, and for that reason, it is unclear if the members will ever get their rightful share of the earnings from the DVD release.”
The above paragraph, taken from the official statement above appears to support another of my intuitions about AVEX–that while vilifying JYJ to the Japanese fans all this time, they have also been madly releasing as much product as possible while simultaneously keeping them off the Oricon charts. The accounting for all that product therefore is known only by them. It’s unlikely JYJ will ever see a penny of all of the hundreds of thousands of dollars rightfully due them.
What Slime Weasels!
no words to say!
*hit avex with hot frying pans…repeatedly*
criminal this criminal that….OKTA elect JYJ as their ambassador… are you saying these top people and leaders of SKorea elect a criminal associate as their ambassador? What are u implying AVEX?
So I am a fan of criminal affiliates too? I feel offended Baka OJISAN.
Is this another petition for JYJ? Bring it on, we can sign it for JYJ > I’ll start collecting names just in case<
Admin,
Is @Mission for JYJ a new blog that will handle all legal affair's translation for i-fans? just like JYJfiles?