SMAP, one of Japan’s most famous pop boy band groups, have announced they will disband at the end of this year.
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Japanese boy band SMAP announces official disbanding planned for the end of the year
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Corey Gold
Aug 14, 2016 - Tweet
Although, Japan is still something of a smoker’s paradise compared to other developed countries, there are signs that times are a’changing with an increase in prices and no-smoking areas sprouting up across the land.
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