AiNA THE END Looks Back on 30 Years: From Obscurity to Life After BiSH
Her debut photo essay reveals how she overcame the breakup of BiSH
Shoichi Miyake
Shoichi Miyake
Butter’s Asako Yuzuki on Why Overlooked Japanese Novels Became Global Sensations
Yoko Hasada
NiEW’s Monthly Event “exPoP!!!!!” Expands into First-Ever Festival in Shibuya
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betcover!! Drops New Album Yūki, Recorded and Mastered by Jim O’Rourke
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Eiko Ishibashi Reflects on Music Today: Anger and Ambiguous Affirmation in Antigone
Shoichi Yamamoto
OGRE YOU ASSHOLE × Cornelius: Bound by a Distant Closeness
Yuji Shibasaki
Men I Trust Announces 2026 Japan Tour with Mei Simones
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What Kikagaku Moyo Taught Us: Reflections After Our First US Tour
Tsutomu Sonoda
ASIAN KUNG-FU GENERATION Tribute Album Finally Hits Streaming After Eight Years
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HANA Drops New Single “Burning Flower” with Fiery Poolside MV
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How ‘Mobile Suit Gundam GQuuuuuuX’ Reinvents the Universal Century with Anno, Tsurumaki, and Enokido at the Helm
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EVENTS
Information on the latest cultural events
#MOVIE
Academy Awards Shortlisted Thai Film ‘How to Make Millions Before Grandma Dies’ Set for June Release
日程 2025.6.13
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PIZZA OF DEATH’s SATANIC CARNIVAL ’25 Festival Set for Two-Day Run at Makuhari Messe
日程 2025.6.14 - 2025.6.15
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Final Lineup for FESTIVAL FRUEZINHO in Tachikawa Reveals Kaori Kogure × Billy Martin
日程 2025.6.14
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betcover!! to Embark on World Tour Across 31 Cities
日程 2025.6.17 - 2025.9.16
#MUSIC
JJJ’s ‘The Light Tour’ Rescheduled: Tokyo and Osaka Dates Announced with KID FRESINO
日程 2025.6.19 - 2025.11.30
#MUSIC
bed Announces Daikanyama Show Featuring ACE COOL and No Buses Following UK Tour
日程 2025.6.19
#MOVIE
‘Megalopolis,’ Coppola’s $120 Million Dream Project, Set for Japanese Release
日程 2025.6.20
#MOVIE
Tohji Pia Arena Theatrical Version Announced with Limited June Release
日程 2025.6.20 - 2025.7.3
#MUSIC
Sakanaction Announces Nationwide Hall Tour “Kaiju” for 2025
日程 2025.1.25 - 2025.7.4
#ART
Joan Miró Retrospective Opens in Ueno, Showcasing the Spanish Master’s Art
日程 2025.3.1 - 2025.7.6SPECIAL
AiNA THE END Looks Back on 30 Years: From Obscurity to Life After BiSH
Her debut photo essay reveals how she overcame the breakup of BiSH
Shoichi Miyake
OGRE YOU ASSHOLE × Cornelius: Bound by a Distant Closeness
Yuji Shibasaki
Eiko Ishibashi Reflects on Music Today: Anger and Ambiguous Affirmation in Antigone
Shoichi Yamamoto
Shintaro Sakamoto Through the Eyes of Tokyo Swindlers’ Director
Ryohei Matsunaga
Chappo on How Meeting Haruomi Hosono Sparked Their Formation and Unique Sound
Atsutake Kaneko
Butter’s Asako Yuzuki on Why Overlooked Japanese Novels Became Global Sensations
Yoko Hasada
xiangyu Channels Curiosity into Her Debut Album
Takahiro Kanazawa
KOM_I in Brazil: Living Between Cultures
Yuri Matsui
How ‘Mobile Suit Gundam GQuuuuuuX’ Reinvents the Universal Century with Anno, Tsurumaki, and Enokido at the Helm
Shuka Yamada
Yuta Orisaka at NHK Hall: A Review from the Edge of a New Season
Hajime Oishi
Bonna Pot: The Unconventional Outdoor Music Journey You Need to Know About
Kenji Takeda
Hiromi Uehara on the Soul of Song: Her Experience with Music, Vocals, and Lyric Writing
Unpacking her relationship with singing through OUT THERE
Junichi Uchimoto
SERIES
Series with the artists
#BOOK
Izumi Okaya
Izumi Okaya's "Would you like to have a drink at my house?"
VOL. 4
Manga Masters’ Dinner: Gao Yan and Okaya on Work, Food, and Politics
2024.8.2
#MUSIC
Mitsutaka Nagira
Where you can find Good Music in Japan
VOL. 12
Uncover Bliss in Kyoto’s Secret Spot, Kurochaya, with Vinyl and Tranquility
2025.3.13
#MOVIE
Yuji Shibasaki
That selection of music makes the film
VOL. 15
‘Exterior Night’: A Speculative Tale of Political Kidnapping
2024.8.8
#ART
Summer Eye
Summer Eye's Joy of Knowing
VOL. 5
To the River Museum: The Remarkable Arakawa River Linked to the Panama Canal
2024.5.23
#MUSIC
TAMIW
Music, work, and sometimes memorial services
VOL. 3
Cultural Riches Defy the Confines of Currency – Exploring the Realms of Value with Masafumi Goto
2023.11.2
#MUSIC
Taro Yoda
Floor Essence 〜dance・club・party〜
VOL. 6
SUGIURUMN Celebrates 25 Years: Journey from Band Member to Top Japanese DJ
2024.7.4
#BOOK
Miram
Miram and Ban Obara's Exchange Diary, "With my chin resting by the window"
VOL. 10
A Glowing Farewell: Closing Words from Our Diary Exchange
2024.5.9
NiEW’S PLAYLIST
NiEW recommends alternative music🆕.
“NiEW Best Music” is a playlist that introduces artists who respond to the subtleties of the times and present new options.
The music recommended by the NiEW editorial staff, regardless of fame, genre, or national borders, is updated as needed.
J-WAVE and NiEWbring TOKYO POP CULTURE to the world
Aisho Nakajima, who expresses himself as queer, aims to be the person he needed to be when he was little.
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Ryoko Kuwahara, editor-in-chief of the web magazine “NeoL” expresses her appreciation for culture in her articles.
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Writer Minori Suzuki takes a feminist perspective on idols for fun and support
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Work like it’s Sunday. Buna at “TATTOO STUDIO YAMADA” pursues fun.
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With the individuality “i”
that pioneers a new era.
NiEW is a culture media/company that walks alongside artists, teams, and organizations that present alternatives in every field, continuously searching for options to foster a better culture and society without being bound by "the norm" and through trial and error. We continue to transmit culture to bring excitement and smiles to as many people as possible.
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