Yes, they finally announced it. This time all Johnny's talents, from Masahiko Kondo, Shonentai, SMAP and Arashi to the Juniors, will be involved in the fundraising project. A first time for the company. That brings the total to more than 100 Johnny's talents. :D

President Johnny Kitagawa named the in-house collaboration "Marching J" - J for Japan and Johnny's.


Grey: Ima bokutachi ni dekiru koto - What we can do now.
Blue : Ashita ni mukatte - Towards Tomorrow.

According to newspaper reports, the project would be a year long effort starting April 2011 and heading towards March 2012, although Johnny said there isn't really a set time limit. They plan to do something every month to raise fund to help the victims of the Japan earthquake and tsunami last March 11, 2011.

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The planned events so far-

APRIL 2011
Step 1: 3-day Fundraising Event
- Johnny's talents and Jrs. will take the stage in turns hosting the donation drive. At least 10 people will be on stage at any time. Their theme is "Using our energy without using electricity". Expect lots of talk segments, not concert.
Who will turn up (there will be group appearances), for how long and when will not be revealed in advanced. All Johnny's, except for V6's Inohara and Jin Akanishi (schedule conflict), have confirmed attendance.  
Date: Fri, 1 April - Sun, 3 April 2011
Time: 10 am - 5 pm
Venue: Yoyogi Stadium, Tokyo
Tickets: None. Open event. You are free to bring how much you feel comfortable donating to the cause.

~*~*~*~DONE~*~*~*~
Fri, 1 April: Arashi present. 101 000 turned up.
Sat, 2 April: No Arashi. 127 000 turned up.
Sun, 3 April: Aiba, Jun and Ohno present. 161 000 turned up.
Total turn out: 389 000 people.

Step 2: SMAP's charity single "not alone ~Shiawase ni narou yo~"
- Short version, digital download. Theme song for member Katori Shingo's Getsu9 (Mon @ 9pm) Spring drama series "Shiawase ni narou yo". (I don't think any proceed from this goes to Marching J though. Please correct me if I'm wrong. ^^;;)
Date: 25 April 2011 - Short version only. (Full version, see May 2011)
Price: 105 Yen (~US$1.24)
Download sites: Recochoku, Dwango, Johnny's web and Victor MUSIC Uta! [レコチョク、ドワンゴ、Ｊｏｈｎｎｙ’ｓ　ｗｅｂ、ビクターＭＵＳＩＣうた！]

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MAY 2011
Step 3: SMAP's charity single "not alone ~Shiawase ni narou yo~"
- Full version, digital download. Theme song for member Katori Shingo's Getsu9 (Mon @ 9pm) Spring drama series "Shiawase ni narou yo".
Every 100 Yen (~US$1.18) from the full version single sales will go to the Marching J donation box.
Date: 4 May 2011 - Full version, comes with SMAP wallpaper
Price: 525 Yen (~US$6.20)
Download sites: Recochoku, Dwango, Johnny's web and Victor MUSIC Uta! [レコチョク、ドワンゴ、Ｊｏｈｎｎｙ’ｓ　ｗｅｂ、ビクターＭＵＳＩＣうた！]

Step 4: Johnny's Charity Baseball Tournament
Who: V6 (Sakamoto, Nagano), Kinki Kids (Domoto Koichi), Takki & Tsubasa, NEWS (Koyama, Masuda, Tegoshi), KAT-TUN
Kis-My-Ft2, A.B.C-Z, B.I.Shadow, Morimoto Shintarou, Hip Hop JUMP and etc - all Johnny's Jr.
Kansai Johnny's Jr.
[SMAP, TOKIO, Arashi and Hey Say Jump are not listed]
Date: 29 May 2010
Time: 2:00 p.m.
Venue: Tokyo Dome
Tickets: 4 500 Yen (~US$55). Part of the proceeds will be donated.

JUNE 2011
Step 5: Arashi Charity Event - Arashi School
Dates, times and venue:
24  - Tokyo Dome - 5:00 pm
25  - Tokyo Dome - 11:00 am; 5:00 pm
26  - Tokyo Dome - 11:00 am; 5:00 pm
Tickets: To be announced

- They're going to hold an 'Arashi School'. Yes, Arashi members will become teachers for the day. ^^ The audience would be the 'students', of course.
They are still sorting out the contents and events. Jun mentioned audience participation and experiments.
Anyone got flashbacks of D no Arashi special concert they used to do back in the days? (There was an episode of D no Arashi showing snippets from that event, if I remember correctly) Could it be revival of A no Arashi?! :D

Step 6: Nippon no Arashi book
Date: 30 June 2011
Price: 1 050 Yen (~US$12.85)
- The reference book Arashi donated to Japanese schools nationwide in 2010 will finally be made available to the general public.
-  All profit from the sale goes toward disaster relief in the affected areas.

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So fandom, are you ready?! Please participate when you are able. ^^

For information on Marching J, please go to JNet:
For Marching J inquiries: 0180-993-707

Plus if you are a subscriber of Johnny's International e-mail updates, please check your inbox. They sent an e-mail regarding Marching J aid project already. ^^

P/S:
Please help update when you have more information. Thank you in advance. ^^

Arashi did a special radio broadcast for Miyagi. It was on the 18 April (...?). It was only aired in Miyagi which explained why not many people knew about it.

amnosxmatsujun translated Arashi's talk on the show:
amnosxmatsujun.livejournal.com/57103.html

Other than that, the fan club members who live in the disaster areas received a 'hand written' letter from Arashi.

boblemon shared and translated the letter here:
boblemon.livejournal.com/92119.html

Arashi and the fandom are still doing their part. ^^
Staying strong and going strong.