Editing SMAP (section)

===Philanthropy===
SMAP was heavily involved in philanthropic activities.<ref>{{cite web|title=「忘れない」本気のSMAP義援金|url=http://www.nikkansports.com/entertainment/column/umeda/news/f-cl-tp0-20140311-1268872.html|website=Nikkan Sports|access-date=March 11, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140311164508/http://www.nikkansports.com/entertainment/column/umeda/news/f-cl-tp0-20140311-1268872.html|archive-date=March 11, 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref> They have actively offered philanthropic support especially to the victims and regions affected by the [[2011 Tohoku earthquake and tsunami]] and the [[2016 Kumamoto earthquakes]]. On August 26 and 27, 1995, SMAP hosted [[Nippon TV|NTV]]'s annual [[telethon]], ''24 Hour Television'', and raised 1.1&nbsp;billion yen. On August 27 and 28, 2005, Kusanagi and Katori hosted the ''24 Hour Television'', again, and raised one billion yen.

In 2011, after the Tohoku earthquake and tsunami, they bought a 30-second television commercial block in their weekly television program, ''[[SMAP×SMAP]]'', to air a commercial on the information about the [[Japanese Red Cross Society]] and a message from the band members encouraging people to donate. Rather than reusing the ones aired in the past, they have been reshooting the commercial every time they have a taping and have them aired every week at the end of the program. Since March 2011, they have actively worked as the members of Marching J, a charity organization established by their agency, [[Johnny & Associates]]. Each band member have also made individual donations.

On May 4, 2011, their first and only digital single, "Not Alone" was released. Initially scheduled to serve as the band's 46th single, it was later canceled and released digitally in light of the earthquake and the situation in Japan, considering circumstances in power shortages and distribution. One hundred yen per single downloaded was donated to the victims. On July 23 and 24, 2011, Nakai hosted the annual twenty-seven-hour long television special, ''FNS 27 Hour Television'', for the fifth time. A special episode of "Bistro SMAP", a cooking segment on ''[[SMAP×SMAP]]'', was aired during the show, titled "Bistro SMAP On The Go". Four members flew to regions that were affected by the earthquake and tsunami, Kimura and Inagaki to [[Iwate Prefecture]] and Kusanagi and Katori to [[Fukushima Prefecture|Fukushima]]. The four members cooked a total of one-thousand meals to the victims evacuated in these areas. Nakai started to host his own music show, ''Ongaku no Hi'', meaning "music day", to show their support to all those affected by the earthquake and tsunami. The program is aired every summer since 2011.<ref>{{cite web|title=中居正広「音楽の日」 安住アナと6年連続司会|url=http://www.sponichi.co.jp/entertainment/news/2016/06/20/kiji/K20160620012813070.html|website=Sponichi Annex|access-date=June 20, 2016}}</ref> On August 17, 2011, the band released their fifth compilation album, ''SMAP Aid'', to support the people affect by the earthquake and tsunami. Two-hundred yen per album sold were donated to the victims. Being that it was the band's twentieth anniversary, many predicted a tour after the release of the album but the band canceled it due to power shortage in Japan that year.

After the 2016 Kumamoto earthquakes, the content of their 30-second long commercial changed, adding a new message by the band members toward the victims in [[Kumamoto]]. On April 24, ten days after the earthquake, Nakai made an unannounced surprise visit to an elementary school in Kumamoto, used as a shelter for the evacuees.<ref>{{cite web|title=熊本地震の被災地を訪れたSMAP・中居|url=http://headlines.yahoo.co.jp/hl?a=20160425-00000003-reallive-ent|website=The Real Live Web|access-date=April 25, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160819195727/http://headlines.yahoo.co.jp/hl?a=20160425-00000003-reallive-ent|archive-date=August 19, 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref> He, later went back to Kumamoto on 2 more occasions: May 7<ref>{{cite web|title=SMAP中居正広、再び熊本地震避難所へ、鶴瓶・岡村とともに|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.jp/2016/05/07/nakai-masahiro_n_9863314.html|website=The Huffington Post|date=May 7, 2016|access-date=May 8, 2016}}</ref> and again on May 15 with Katori.<ref>{{cite web|title=『半沢直樹』プロデューサー、"チーム中居"で炊き出し|url=http://zasshi.news.yahoo.co.jp/article?a=20160525-00027545-jprime-ent|website=週間女性Prime|access-date=May 25, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160819192726/http://zasshi.news.yahoo.co.jp/article?a=20160525-00027545-jprime-ent|archive-date=August 19, 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref> On June 12, Kimura made a visit to Kumamoto as well.<ref>{{cite web|title=キムタク、長瀬、岡田が熊本で石原軍団と炊き出し...渡哲也に参加志願|url=http://headlines.yahoo.co.jp/hl?a=20160613-00000005-dal-ent|website=Daily Sports|access-date=June 13, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160819203119/http://headlines.yahoo.co.jp/hl?a=20160613-00000005-dal-ent|archive-date=August 19, 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref>