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FUJINOMIYA, Shizuoka -- Japan's world-famous Fuji Rock Festival welcomed back foreign artists for the first time in three years this summer, after the
Jul 12, 2021 The organizers and some artists scheduled to take part in Ibaraki Prefecture's Rock in Japan Festival have expressed frustration over the abrupt canceling of the event even though the prefecture is not under a state of emergency. The cancellation of the annual music festival, one of the nation's largest and which has been scrapped twice now in just two years, has sparked a backlash by some who noted that the Summer Olympics are to be held despite the state of emergency in place for the Tokyo area. Also at issue is the canceled event won't be eligible for financial aid fr...