Singer-actor Cha Eun-woo is pushing ahead with a photo exhibition in Japan while facing tax evasion allegations involving roughly 20 billion won ($13.4 million) in South Korea. Fantagio, Cha's agency, said Monday that the exhibition will run from April 28 to May 12 in the Ginza neighborhood of Tokyo. Cha will not attend the event in person. "The exhibition was contracted in August 2024 and is proceeding as scheduled," a Fantagio official said. The Japanese exhibition marks Cha's first official commercial event since the controversy began. The exhibition will feature a photobook released last year and photographs of his daily life. The National Tax Service assessed an estimated 20 billion won tax penalty against Cha in January. If confirmed, it would be the largest tax penalty ever levied on a Korean celebrity. Tax authorities determined that Cha established a shell company to receive his earnings from Fantagio. Authorities said the arrangement allowed Cha to pay a corporate tax rate rather than paying income tax on his earnings directly. Cha enlisted in the Army in July last year and is cu