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Filmmaker/director Kosaku Shimamoto’s monozukuri is to “somehow bring the one back to zero”.
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Masashi Yoshida crosses over from the underground hip-hop scene to “Critique Rebirth School”
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2024.8.3
NEWFOLK Celebrates 5th Anniversary with a Three-Month Extravaganza Featuring Typhoon Club, Yanushi, and TV Tairiku Ondo
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2024.8.6
Waseda University’s UBC Event to Spotlight DYGL, Mega Shinnosuke, and yonige
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Japan Release Set for ‘Abigail’: Trailer Reveals Vampire Twist in Billionaire’s Daughter
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2024.9.21
Shibuya’s Miyashita Park Hosts Bon Odori Event, Fusing Shibuya Culture with Traditional Festivities
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Ado-Produced Idol Group Phantom Theta Unveils Debut Music Video “Otomodachi”
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2024.9.17
Hedigan Announces “AWAI vo.1” Live Event with Special Guest
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2024.7.23
Celebrating “MAHŌGAKKŌ”: Hakushi Hasegawa’s Panel Exhibition and In-Store Event Announced
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YENTOWN Joins Nas in Osaka for “Illmatic” 30th Anniversary Celebration
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2024.7.13
Echigo-Tsumari Art Triennale: Niigata’s Long-Running Art Festival Since 2000
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Tate Britain Brings 1990s UK Art Retrospective to Tokyo
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Yorgos Lanthimos’ “Bugonia” Sets Japan Release for February 2026
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Mac DeMarco Announces Japan Tour for February 2026
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2026.2.16
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Vaundy Announces Major Dome Tour, Breaks Record as Youngest Solo Artist to Headline
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2026.2.7
Claude Monet Exhibition ‘A Question to Landscapes’ to Open in Japan in 2026,
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Tokyo Live Nights Spotlight Helsinki Lambda Club, Cody・Lee, TENDRE, and Strange Reitaro
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2026.1.30
Ghost in the Shell Marks 30 Years with First-Ever Large-Scale Exhibition
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2026.1.24
Helsinki Lambda Club’s Kaoru Hashimoto Announces Intimate 5-City Solo Tour
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