5/1/2018, Japanese TV show "Miyaneya"(Yomiuri) has announced "Top 50 rankings of Japanese treasure" that they can boast to the world. This survey was conducted on 10,000 people nationwide. X Japan ranked 10th.
01 羽生結弦 Yuzuru Hanyu (figure skater)
02 イチロー Ichiro Suzuki (baseball outfielder)
03 山中伸弥 Shinya Yamanaka (resercher, Nobel prize winner)
04 宮崎駿 Hayao Miyazaki (film director)
05 大谷翔平 Shohei Ohtani (baseball pitcher)
06 北野武 Takeshi Kitano (comedian)
07 小澤征爾 Seiji Ozawa (conductor)
08 王貞治 Sadaharu Oh (baseball player)
09 浅田真央 Mao Asada (figure skater)
10 X JAPAN (band)
http://yorozu-do.com/nipponno-takara/Personally I hope that X Japan will create music for the Tokyo Olympics in 2020.