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It's true: SMAP to split up at year's end

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The will-they, won't-they breakup of SMAP is back on: The five members of the all-male pop group will go their separate ways at the end of this year, after performing together for more than two decades.

The group's agency, Johnny & Associates, announced Aug. 14 that SMAP would disband and focus on solo careers. Although the agency proposed a hiatus, some members wanted to break up for good, it said. (AP)

SMAP、年末に解散

国民的アイドルグループ「SMAP」が、今年12月31日をもって解散することになった。

The Japan Times ST: August 26, 2016