Japanese Fans Visit Korea to See Pop Idols

Some 400 Japanese fans of Korean pop group `Shinhwa` are holding pictures of members of the group after arriving at the Incheon Int`l Airport on Sept. 29. The Japanese fans, mostly from Tokyo, Osaka and Nagoya, will attend a fan meeting in Sungkyunkwan University, Seoul later on the day and watch Korean pop singers on the stage of cable TV music show `Shocking m` on Sept. 30. The tourist program costs some 1 million a person, and participants range from 7-year-old children to people in their 50s.

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