Originally posted by java_chips at Reason for the countdown!
Saw it from Jap fans blog. It's just a guess, but I will really be touched if this is true.

NEWS was formed on 2003/9/15 (debuted 2004/5/12) with 9 members. Its underlying meaning is "9人で一緒に行こう！" (Jap pronunciation of the numbers; Let's go together as a group of 9!).

And this time, they are counting ( Read more... )