On his latest World 2007 tour, his scheduled concerts in Shanghai, Toronto, San Francisco and Hawaii were cancelled, followed by the last concert in Los Angeles. The latter event at the Staples Center was canceled only two hours prior to opening: Rain's producer blamed the situation on financial problems with the local producer, and the local promoter blamed Star M, calling them "incompetent to handle the situation

Rain, together with JYP and the tour promotor, are currently being sued by Honolulu promoter Click Entertainment for more than a million dollars, after his concert was cancelled there and the promoters were not refunded the $500,000 licensing fee. The company claims that Rain never intended to perform in Hawaii. The suit also claims that Rain and his Korea-based promoters "sought to defraud the general public by aggrandizing and exaggerating the scope of the 'Rain's Coming' world tour."

In February 2007, Rain and his former management agency JYP Entertainment as well as concert organizer Star M Corporation were sued over copyright infringement of the stage name "Rain," by the U.S. recording firm Rain Corporation; the company, which works with an American band also called "Rain," demanded that he drop the English name in the U.S. The petition received more than 8000 people's signatures on the internet. The concerts in the states were postponed due to the controversy over his stage name in public places such as in New York and Atlanta. In June 2007, the lawsuit ended because the Nevada court provided no evidence indicating that it would suffer any actual harm, but the court canceled the "Rain's Coming to Los Angeles Concert". Since the filing of the lawsuit, Rain's U.S. concert promotional posters had been changed to "Ji-hoon's World Tour 2007"; however, Rain may continue using "Rain's Coming World Tour." It is still unknown when Rain will resume his U.S concert tour.

Korean pop singer and actor Rain has not been chosen to perform the 2008 Beijing Olympics theme song, according to his management agency J Tunes.

J Tunes issued the clarification, after reports surfaced that Rain would be performing the theme song for the Olympics this summer. ``An agency in China asked Rain to record a 'candidate' song for the Olympics, but we have not yet recorded any song,'' J Tunes said.

Rain is also appearing in the highly anticipated Hollywood film ``Speed Racer'' this year.