''Arashi Around Asia 2008 in Tokyo'' is a

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release of the Japanese

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. It was released on March 25, 2009 by their record label

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. ''Arashi Around Asia 2008 in Tokyo'' documented the second day (September 6, 2008) of Arashi's first concert at the

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Concert tour

Tour information

During the group's performance in

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on June 15, 2008, it was announced that they would hold their second Asia Tour by the end of the year. Titled ''Arashi Marks Arashi Around Asia 2008'', the tour began at the

, where the group became the third musical act after

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and

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to hold concerts there. The tour then continued to Seoul, Taipei and Shanghai, a

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first.

Tour dates

*September 5: Tokyo, Japan *September 6: Tokyo, Japan *October 11: Taipei, Taiwan *October 12: Taipei, Taiwan *November 1: Seoul, Korea *November 2: Seoul, Korea *November 15: Shanghai, China

Set list

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" #"Oh Yeah!" #"

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" #"La Tormenta 2004" #"

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" #"Hello Goodbye" (

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solo) #"Subarashiki Sekai" #"

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" #"Still..." #"Lucky Man" #"Take Me Faraway" (

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solo) #"Niji" (

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solo) #"Smile" #"Wave" #"Carnival Night Part 2" #MC #" Kaze no Mukō e" #"Re(mark)able" #"

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" #"Tell Me What You Wanna Be?" (

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solo) #"Ichioku No Hoshi" #"Sirius" #"Hip Pop Boogie" (

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" #"Asu Ni Mukatte Hoeru" #" One Love" Encore 1 #"

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" #"Fight Song" #"Kaze" #" Kotoba Yori Taisetsu na Mono" Encore 2 #"

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Chart performance

The DVD sold 230,000 copies in its first week and held the record for highest first week sales of 2009 until the release of the group's music video collection DVD ''5x10 All the Best! Clips 1999–2009'' on October 28, 2009. It is also the fourth in history for first week sales among music DVDs to date (behind their own ''5x10 All the Best! Clips 1999–2009'' of 428,000, KAT-TUN's ''Real Face Film'' of 374,000 and SMAP's ''Live MIJ'' of 281,000), the first DVD to top the comprehensive sales category for three consecutive weeks, and the first music DVD in history to hold the number one spot in the first half of the year in Japan. By the end of 2009, ''Oricon'' announced that the DVD was the second best-selling music DVD of the year in Japan, right after ''5x10 All the Best! Clips 1999–2009''. In 2010, ''Arashi Around Asia 2008 in Tokyo'' sold another 85,453 copies, making it the thirty-eighth best-selling DVD overall for 2010 in Japan.

Charts and certifications

Charts

Sales and certifications

Release history

Awards

Japan Gold Disc Awards

, - , 2010 , ''Arashi Around Asia 2008 in Tokyo'' , The Best Music Videos ,

References

External links

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