a stone stamp BTS earned 454,829 points for Oricon Point (a score given by Oricon based on record sales), and TWICE had about 33,000. BTS is the first time that overseas artists have exceeded 400,000 points in the first week of recording release.
The two teams' strong charts are noteworthy because they have recently violated the K-pop rejection movement that has been accompanied by protests against Japan.
Earlier on the 8th, Japan's TV Asahi suddenly canceled BTS' appearance on "Music Station" a day ago. Last month, a media outlet in Japan took issue with a photo of an atomic bomb blast engraved on a T-shirt worn by Ji Min of BTS. There was a local article that BTS and TWICE would not be able to appear on various year-end TV programs in Japan.
However, the K-pop craze led by the two teams seems to be not greatly influenced by the anti-Korean sentiment, unlike the existing Korean Wave. "I already knew it all about a year ago between the fans," said Ishigawa Ganda, 23, who came to see the BTS Tokyo Dome concert on the 13th in Nagoya. "I wonder why this is a problem now." There was also a notice among Japan Ami (BTS fan club) saying, 'Let's not respond to media interviews at the venue today.' Hwang Sun-up, a music critic, interpreted "Japan's 'Ami' is a situation that shows antagonism to BTS being used politically."