Japan has many similarities to other Asian countries. This is the reason for choosing Asia. Asahi News Paper says, Karaoke established as popular entertainment culture from middle aged to young aged people in Japan is booming in South East Asia such as Korea, Taiwan, Thailand and Indonesia. Local Karaoke fans enjoy ‘I's a unique music trick invented by Japanese technology.’ ” The newspaper stated about Indonesia and Taiwan. In Jakarta of Indonesia, there are Karaoke bar in the outskirts of Borobudur Temple. Among the many Japanese tourists, all guests are Indonesian. There are various kinds of songs such as Indonesian and American songs. In all parts of Asia, Karaoke first opened as a store for Japanese businessmen and tourists in the 1980s, then it spread to Chinese people in Indonesia. Taiwan was the earliest, and even now it is spreading among the people living in the village of Aboriginal people in Australia.

 

Characteristically, Karaoke is generally called a KTV (Karaoke television), which is a small room partitioned like a private room, and it is said that you enjoy Karaoke with a few number of people. According to the” Regular content in the Asian region Distribution Promotion Business Infrastructure Development Survey report” Karaoke did not exist in China. Sales of Karaoke in Japan were 33.4%. On the other hand, sales of Korean Karaoke were 63.5%. According to the Asahi News Paper, sales of karaoke in Korea are higher that than of Japan now. It is stated that the Karaoke industry depends on Korea. Karaoke in Korea is called "Norevan". "Norevan" means “the room of a song”. In November 1992, there were 59Norevan at all area in Korea. There were also 6Noreven in Seoul. "Norevan" increased to 6200 in all areas. It increased to 1900 in Seoul, too. This was ten times higher than that of all areas. It got 32 times higher than that of Seoul. Now, there are more than 60% of sales of Karaoke in Korea, so it turned out to be popular in Korea. According to the Korea Information Magazine website, there are many “singing alone of Norevan”. For example, there are Norevan designed for single customer in one person, and Norevan which tourists visit as a tour and enjoy overnight. In Korea, from these results we found that there are many kinds of “Norevan”. These are current situation of the current Korean Karaoke.