Editing Arashi (section)

==Endorsements==
[[File:Japan Airlines Airbus A350-900 JA04XJ (49165956363).jpg|thumb|Arashi Meets [[A350]] jet at [[Haneda International Airport]]]]
Nearly every year, the group endorses products for different companies such as [[Coca-Cola]], [[House Foods]], and [[au (mobile phone operator)|au by KDDI]]. Since 2008, Arashi has been appearing in au by KDDI's exclusive mobile phone commercials.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.kddi.com/corporate/news_release/2008/0128e/|title=Appointing Arashi as image characters for au|language=ja|publisher=[[au (mobile phone operator)|au by KDDI]]|date=January 28, 2008|access-date=November 27, 2009}}</ref> In 2010, Arashi began to endorse for [[Nintendo]] by appearing in all of the ''[[Wii Party]]'' commercials to promote the game.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.oricon.co.jp/news/movie/77678/full/|title=嵐がCMでゲームに熱中「久しぶりに5人で心から楽しんだ」|date=June 30, 2010|language=ja|publisher=[[Oricon]]|access-date=July 13, 2010| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20100704213753/http://www.oricon.co.jp/news/movie/77678/full/| archive-date= July 4, 2010 | url-status= live}}</ref> After appearing in ''Wii Party'', the group also appeared in all of the ''[[Mario Kart 7]]'' commercials to promote the game in 2011. To promote the [[Nissan Serena]] in 2012, the group starred in a commercial with "Kakenukero!" (from ''Popcorn'') as the theme song. Most of Arashi's singles have been used as theme songs for dramas such as ''[[Stand Up!!]]'' and ''[[Maō (TV series)|Maō]]'', movies such as ''Hana Yori Dango Final'' and ''[[Yatterman (film)|Yatterman]]'', and commercials.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://sankei.jp.msn.com/economy/business/100728/biz1007281355014-n1.htm |script-title=ja:日航、テレビＣＭ再開 アイドルグループ「嵐」起用で再建アピール |date=July 28, 2010 |language=ja |publisher=[[Sankei Shimbun]] |access-date=July 28, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100731085400/http://sankei.jp.msn.com/economy/business/100728/biz1007281355014-n1.htm |archive-date=July 31, 2010 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{Cite episode|title=Zoom In! Super|series=ズームイン!!SUPER|credits=Keisuke Mori, Shinichi Hatori, Yukari Nishio|network=[[Nippon Television|NTV]]|location=Tokyo|airdate=July 28, 2010}}</ref> To celebrate their 20th anniversary, Arashi made a collaboration with [[Japan Airlines]]; this collaboration includes commercial ads, as well as their portraits in a series of planes. The ad campaign is called {{nihongo|"Arashi Meets A350"|「嵐 Meets A350」}} and it started airing January 13, 2020, while JAL's official YouTube channel would release the main ad, as well as the "making of" video the following day.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://natalie.mu/music/news/362964|title=嵐がJALの最新旅客機にはしゃぐCMオンエア開始|date=January 13, 2020|website=natalie.mu|language=ja|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200113061559/https://natalie.mu/music/news/362964|archive-date=January 13, 2020|access-date=January 12, 2020}}</ref>

In 2004, "Hero" was used as the theme song for the [[2004 Summer Olympics]] news coverage on [[Nippon Television|NTV]]. In 2008, "[[Truth/Kaze no Mukō e|Kaze no Mukō e]]" was used for the [[2008 Summer Olympics]] on NTV.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tokyograph.com/news/id-3493|title=Arashi provides another Olympic theme song|date=July 10, 2008|publisher=Tokyograph|access-date=November 27, 2009| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20100106014447/http://www.tokyograph.com/news/id-3493| archive-date= January 6, 2010 | url-status= live}}</ref> In 2010, their song [[Troublemaker (Arashi song)|"Yurase, Ima o"]] was used as the theme song for the 2010 Winter Olympics news coverage on NTV.<ref name="winterolympics"/> For NTV's coverage of the [[2012 Summer Olympics]], the theme song is called "Akashi" from ''Popcorn''. For the [[2020 Summer Olympics|Tokyo 2020]] Olympics, Arashi collaborated with singer-songwriter [[Kenshi Yonezu]] on a new song titled "Kite." The song makes its official debut on the [[NHK]] year-end show [[Kōhaku Uta Gassen]], and will serve as the network's support song for the games' broadcast, as well as their sports programs.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://aramajapan.com/news/music/arashi-and-yonezu-kenshi-to-debut-collaboration-song-on-70th-nhk-kohaku-uta-gassen/103254/|title=Arashi and Yonezu Kenshi to Debut Collaboration Song on 70th NHK Kohaku Uta Gassen|date=December 19, 2019|website=aramajapan|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191219145147/https://aramajapan.com/news/music/arashi-and-yonezu-kenshi-to-debut-collaboration-song-on-70th-nhk-kohaku-uta-gassen/103254/|archive-date=December 19, 2019|access-date=December 19, 2019}}</ref>

On April 8, 2010, the [[Japan Tourism Agency]] appointed Arashi as the navigators for their "Japan Endless Discovery" national tourism campaign. Arashi appeared in commercials, which aired in East Asia, to encourage people from overseas to visit Japan.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mlit.go.jp/kankocho/news01_000038.html|script-title=ja:「嵐」×観光庁 ＜「観光立国ナビゲーター」として「嵐」を起用！＞|language=ja|publisher=Japan Tourism Agency Official Website|access-date=April 9, 2010| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20100412131106/http://www.mlit.go.jp/kankocho/news01_000038.html| archive-date= April 12, 2010 | url-status= live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://career.oricon.co.jp/news/75100/full/|script-title=ja:嵐が"日本の顔"に！ 訪日客誘致に向け観光庁『観光立国ナビゲーター』に就任|date=April 8, 2010|language=ja|publisher=[[Oricon]]|access-date=April 10, 2010}}</ref>

In December 2019, Arashi was appointed [[goodwill ambassador]] to China, to help promote cultural and sports exchanges with them, before the [[2020 Summer Olympics|Olympics]], from January 2020 until the end of the year. The [[Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Japan)|Japanese Foreign Ministry]] explained that the group, selected based on their popularity in both countries, could play a key role in accelerating people-to-people exchanges between the countries.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/12/26/national/japans-arashi-tapped-goodwill-envoys-china/|title=Arashi tapped as Japan goodwill envoys to China ahead of Tokyo Olympics|date=December 26, 2019|website=Japan Times|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191226084909/https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/12/26/national/japans-arashi-tapped-goodwill-envoys-china/|archive-date=December 26, 2019|access-date=December 28, 2019}}</ref> The [[List of diplomatic missions of China|Chinese Embassy]] in Tokyo congratulated Arashi via Twitter,<ref>{{cite tweet |user=ChnEmbassy_jp |number=1209945623413153792 |date=December 25, 2019 |script-title=ja:「嵐」の皆さん、中日親善大使就任、おめでとうございます。2020年に、リーダーのよく言う「透き通るような歌声」と「しなやかな踊り」、それに両国交流への熱意で、中日文化スポーツ交流の嵐を勢いよく、巻き上げて行きましょう。北京コンサートを楽しみにしています。 |language=ja |access-date=December 28, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191228123244/https://twitter.com/ChnEmbassy_jp/status/1209945623413153792 |archive-date=December 28, 2019 |url-status=live}}</ref> while Arashi posted the information through their official [[Sina Weibo|Weibo]] page.<ref>{{Weibo |id= 7294968640/ImrMtjEmg |name= arashi_5 }}</ref>