AKB48 15th single, Sakura no Shiori recorded an amazing sales of more than 229,000 copies on the first day and exceeded 250,000 (263,822) sales on the second day making it the most successful AKB48 single to date as published by Oricon chart. But the sales was based solely in Japan.

Our correspondents (AKB48 fans actually) from around the world also sent us videos from their major music stores which sells the single. And surprisingly, the sales outside Japan was also too amazing as crowds queued outside music stores as early as 3am in the morning. The videos we received are from the United States, Finland, Germany, India, England, Congo, Canada and Malaysia. Other countries also recorded amazing sales for Japanese single.

The crowds were not only AKB48 fans, but also insomnia and sleeping disorder patients who took the opportunity of the lunar new year holiday to be at the stores, as promoted by their country's health ministry of the effectiveness of Sakura no Shiori to cure the stated problem.

Unfortunately, we did not receive any report on the number of sales from outside Japan.