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^yep, oricon wont have the latest numbers until jan 9th.
i read that the reason that (miss) understood is counted is partly cos of preorders shipped to the stores, n i also think its cos of the skipped week.
not all singles/albums r released on wednesdays. exile, w-inds. released their best album n single [respectively] on jan 1st n it was a saturday. mai k released her best album on jan 1st n it was a thursday. also, according to BoA's official website, her single "LISTEN TO MY HEART" was released on 1/17/02 which makes it a thursday. the wednesday release dates r just a norm but they r not a "must".
n stores in Japan will open on 1/1. its not like here in north america where when theres a public holiday (ie: christmas, thxgiving etc.) all retail shops close. i heard from a person that many retail stores r doing sum "grab bag "Fukubukuro" event now". [dunno wut that means]
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