SMAP not confirmed for annual year-end music program

File photo taken Jan. 13, 2016, shows a street TV in Tokyo reporting that pop group SMAP is on the verge of breaking up after more than 20 years. Public broadcaster NHK announced on Nov. 24 the lineup for this year's "Kohaku Utagassen" music program, but the former boy band, set to break up on Dec. 31, the show's airdate, was not among them. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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