Not only was Michael Jackson well liked in Korea, but even more so in Japan:

In Tokyo’s bustling Shibuya district, a woman makes a beeline for the Michael Jackson display on the second floor of the HMV music store. Crying under her green knit cap, she reaches for “Visionary,” a black box of video singles from the King of Pop and a few of the Michael Jackson boxed figurines on display. Sho-ma – a dancer whose first exposure to Jackson was the album “Off the Wall” when she was in the third grade – said she first heard the news of Michael Jackson’s death at 8 a.m. at her home in Tokyo. Another fan in the shop, 23-year-old Toshiki Nakamura, pulls out his iPhone and scrolls through a long list of Jackson albums. “I was so shocked when I heard,” he says.

As the news of Michael Jackson’s sudden death dominated Friday morning television programs in Japan, Tokyo music stores didn’t miss a beat. The singer’s death has already spurred album sales worldwide. The HMV display was hastily set up in the Summer Sale section with more than ten of Jackson Five and Michael Jackson solo albums. A sign read: “MICHAEL IS FOREVER. R.I.P. JACKO.”  [TIME]

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