Japan may change cultural strategy, learning from Indonesia's JKT48

Sister group of Japanese AKB48 has big hit with Korean pop-like music video

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Members of the popular girl group JKT48 perform in Jakarta in December 2021. (Photo by Dimas Ardiran)

KOYA JIBIKI, Nikkei staff writer

JAKARTA -- A new music video released by JKT48, a Jakarta-based "idol" girl group, is in the spotlight, as the sister group of Japan's AKB48 went for K-pop style instead of J-pop.

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