The music awards ceremony "Mnet Asian Music Awards (hereinafter referred to as MAMA)" will be held at Nagoya Dome on December 4th.

Starting with the "Mnet Music Video Awards," which was held as Korea's first music video awards ceremony in 1999, MAMA, reborn as MAMA in 2009, has grown alongside the development of the domestic music industry as a global music awards ceremony.

MAMA, which has aimed to expand exchange with the Asian music market by being held in other regions for the past two years, will be held at the Nagoya Dome in Japan this year. Not only is this the first dome venue in MAMA's history, but it is also expected to be the largest MAMA ever, with the aim of re-establishing MAMA as Asia's top music awards ceremony through its holding at Nagoya Dome.

There was deep discussion regarding the selection of the venue due to Japan-Korea relations, but the MAMA organizing committee stated that public opinion was that private cultural exchange should continue regardless of political issues.

The head of CJ Entertainment's Music Contents Division, who oversees MAMA, stated, "MAMA is truly Asia's best music awards ceremony, and we will continue to strive to spread K-POP and Asian music worldwide, transcending national and cultural boundaries."

These are English translations of articles from our GTTOUR Japanese website.