If I remember correclty, Korean platforms cannot promote Japanese songs. That's why JP songs for kpop idols barely have any streams while their English ones can chart sometimes
Korean services were always shit anyway. Hope Spotify and YouTube Music keep growing, my dream is to melon to dissolve and close
They have a separate Japanese genre chart in the melon app afaik
If I remember correclty, Korean platforms cannot promote Japanese songs. That's why JP songs for kpop idols barely have any streams while their English ones can chart sometimes
Korean services were always shit anyway. Hope Spotify and YouTube Music keep growing, my dream is to melon to dissolve and close
It is not even promoting, just show the song's ranking to me, how can they be so petty? 
They have a separate Japanese genre chart in the melon app afaik
They have separate chart for foreign songs as well, as well as different genres like rock, hip hop, jazz. But they all show up in the main chart nevertheless, if they get enough streams. For example Charlie Puth is #1 on foreign only chart and #14 on the main chart. But Japanese songs are purposely left out/filtered from main chart.
It is not even promoting, just show the song's ranking to me, how can they be so petty?
They have separate chart for foreign songs as well, as well as different genres like rock, hip hop, jazz. But they all show up in the main chart nevertheless, if they get enough streams. For example Charlie Puth is #1 on foreign only chart and #14 on the main chart. But Japanese songs are purposely left out/filtered from main chart.
They could be filtering out Japanese artists specifically cause I remember BTS Japanese ost charting on melon top 100
Kenshi Yonezu's Chainsaw Man OP Kick Back is currently #8 on Youtube chart Korea and #14 on Spotify chart Korea. But it is nowhere to be found on any Korean streaming platform. There is no other explanation for this than Korean charts purposely supressing Japanese songs.
And tbh it wouldn't be unprecendent. Korea is know for actively supressing Japanese pop culture in 80s and 90s until they grew their own.
Censorship of Japanese media in South Korea - Wikipedia
It is still illegal to broadcast Japanese music and television dramas over terrestrial signals in South Korea.[9]
In 2010, the Korean-language song "Udon" by Korean artists Kang Min Kyung & Son Dong Woon was banned for the use of a Japanese word for the title.[10]
In February 2011, the Korean censor indicated that they might consider lifting the ban in the future.[11] In August 2011, a single Japanese song was broadcast in South Korea as part of a trial program.[12][13]
This covers TV brodcast, not streaming music, but it may be tradition over actual laws.
Even Korean songs sung by Koreans with like one or two Japanese words that most people might not even recognize get banned by networks like KBS.
They banned a SHINee's Jonghyun song in his last album for having some Japanese lyrics, you would think they would open a exception since it was posthumously released as a tribute to him
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