Six members of AKB48, who were recently appointed as tourism ambassadors for "Vibrant Japan" campaign, performed for a special show to 500 fans in Beijing.
The said special show is way to demonstrate Japan's gratitude toward the Chinese aid after the 3/11 earthquake.
Ayaka Umeda of AKB48 thanked the crowd for all their support and expresses her wish to be able to performed all around the world.
The 500 fans were chosen via Weibo, a Chinese micro-blogging site, wherein 14,000 fans applied to be invited to the show.
AKB48 will be staging another goodwill concert in Shanghai and Hong Kong.
| Band name | AKB48 |
| Band type | girlband (63 members) |
| Debut | 8 December, 2005 (active) |
| Label | AKS, DefStar Records, King Records/You! Be Cool |
| Official website | http://www.akb48.co.jp/ |
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super coooooooooopooool
That's so great >w< How awesome~
that's great...hope to visit our country too..
thats greattttttttttt
thats so cool!
nyuuuuu when are you coming to London >_<
I am jealous of people in China now....cos I moved to USA.....
Don't worry you have Jeremy Lin now
awww thats nice
good job for them