The COVID-19 pandemic is gradually spreading in Japan. According to the Japanese media "Women Themselves" reported on February 29, Yojiro Noda, the lead singer of the band Radwimps, who has scored and sung for Makoto Shinkai's film "Your Name" and "Weather Child", spoke on social platforms: Performances affected by the epidemic may be cancelled, and therefore will suffer huge losses.
Yojiro Noda
Yojiro Noda posted: "Every day I am worried about the risks that the epidemic may bring, while rehearsing with the band members", "If the concert is canceled, I may file for personal bankruptcy", "I even thought about what to live next if I really lose my job".
Radwimps Band
The radwimps were scheduled to tour the five major domes in Japan from the end of March to May, but the COVID-19 pandemic in Japan has expanded, and the band has had to consider whether to cancel the concert schedule.
Yojiro Noda wrote on Twitter: "Because insurance cannot bear the losses caused by the epidemic, once the concert is canceled, the loss of venues, tickets and other losses will be borne by the company." Yojiro Noda belongs to a brokerage company, which is run by him and his friends, and there is only one band, radwimps, which belongs to the "personal office" in the Japanese showbiz industry. The huge loss caused by the cancellation of the performance will affect the survival of the company.
Fans have left messages saying: "Even if you don't want to refund the ticket, please be sure to hold on" "Although I don't want the concert to be gone, I don't want the band to be gone."
Perfume combination
In fact, in addition to Yojiro Noda's agency, many japanese performing arts agencies have been affected by the cancellation of performances and events, and have suffered different degrees of blows. The Tokyo Dome concert of the perfume group and the Osaka Kyocera Dome concert of the exile group were all cancelled in an emergency a few hours before the performance.
Tokyo Dome
According to Japanese media reports, the venue costs of Japan's major domes are at least more than 100 million yen (about 6.46 million yuan). "The Japanese showbiz circle is already complaining a lot", a relevant person in the industry revealed: "If the government could release the information about the seriousness of the epidemic earlier, everyone would not be so alarmed." ”
The economic losses caused by the cancellation of performances are almost fatal to small brokerage companies and event companies. This is also one of the reasons why singer Shiina Hayashibura chose to continue the "Tokyo Incident" tour, which lasted from March to April, although a refund channel was opened on the official website, but the concert was carried out according to the original plan, the staff disinfected the audience with alcohol before the opening, and fans could choose to refund the ticket at the original price if they were worried about the epidemic.
Unlike the losses caused by natural disasters, the Japanese media found that there are almost no compensation schemes and precedents for damage caused by infectious diseases after consulting several large domestic insurance companies. Only the insurance clause of the only insurance company includes "suspension of insurance in activities", but the relevant practitioners introduced: "The compensation for losses caused by infectious diseases is still part of 'customer customization', as for how to compensate and how much to compensate, it depends on the specific contract terms." ”
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