BTS Takes Over Japan: How Their Tokyo Concert Dominated Major Sports Media

mk Sports | 2026.04.19

Translation resultBTS dominated the front pages of Japan’s leading sports newspapers. On the 17th and 18th, the country’s five major sports dailies — including Nikkan Sports and Sports Nippon — gave prominent coverage to BTS’s WORLD TOUR 'ARIRANG' IN TOKYO' concert at the Tokyo Dome. At convenience stores near the venue, fans lined up to buy the editions carrying those stories.