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NEWS #MUSIC 2024.7.15

New Music and Market Festival “méli mélo osaka” Reveals Second Lineup: kiki vivi lily, Satoko Shibata and More

NiEW 2024.5.7｜11:13
NEWS #MOVIE

Director Yoko Yamanaka’s ‘DESERT OF NAMIBIA’ Unveils Cannes Version Trailer

NiEW 2024.5.7｜11:07
NEWS #STAGE 2024.5.15

A major remake of the 2017 version of “Ryakushiki: Hawaii,” Gekidan Sports’ “Comedy of Youth Memory Falsification”

NiEW 2024.5.7｜10:54
NEWS #MUSIC

Yuki Chiba’s ‘Team Tomodachi The Remixes’ Drops with Collaborations from Global and Local Artists

NiEW 2024.5.7｜10:52
NEWS #STAGE 2024.5.24

Next performance of Tsui no Sumika to be staged at Sengawa Theatre in Chofu City, featuring a motif of a forest

NiEW 2024.5.7｜10:33
SPECIAL #OTHER

A true FIST BUMPE!?　Takara Nakano, a 20-year-old collector of old gadgets who lives in Reiwa era, loves the charm of the Showa era.

NiEW 2024.5.3｜23:38
SPECIAL #OTHER

Young manzai performer Manju Daiteikoku has been on the road to becoming a manzai performer through a series of miracles since his days at Ochiken.

NiEW 2024.5.3｜16:16
NEWS #MUSIC 2024.7.6

Shindaita’s Live House FEVER Tours Bangkok in July, Showcasing Bands from Japan and Thailand

NiEW 2024.5.2｜13:29
NEWS #MOVIE 2024.4.26

Lawson United Cinema Minatomirai Introduces Immersive Sound Experience System in All Seats

NiEW 2024.5.2｜13:26
NEWS #MUSIC 2024.10.12

NOT WONK’s Kato Launches “Exchange Market of Expression” in October at Tomakomai Civic Hall Before Demolition

NiEW 2024.5.2｜13:21
NEWS #MUSIC 2024.6.21

ODD Foot Works Presents “TOKYO INV.” in June, Guest Performers to Be Revealed On Event Day

NiEW 2024.5.2｜13:10
NEWS #MUSIC 2024.8.31

Kenji Ozawa to Perform 1994 Album “LIFE” at Nippon Budokan for its 30th Anniversary

NiEW 2024.5.2｜13:07

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Ghost and the Shell: A Bold Tokyo Exhibition That Dares to Dig Deeper

Mika Kosugi 2026.2.6｜15:24
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Taking Taiwan Indie Global: Emerge Music’s Nuno on Asia’s Music Alliance

Atsutake Kaneko 2026.2.5｜18:12
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Calling Out From Somewhere in the Fog: Shintaro Sakamoto’s “Yoo-hoo”

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NiEW Best Music is a playlist featuring artists leading the music scene and offering alternative styles in our rapidly evolving society. Hailing from Tokyo, the NiEW editorial team proudly curates outstanding music that transcends size, genre, and nationality.

EVENTS

#ART 2026.2.11

Tate Britain Brings 1990s UK Art Retrospective to Tokyo

NiEW 2025.9.4｜12:17
#MOVIE 2026.2.13

Yorgos Lanthimos’ “Bugonia” Sets Japan Release for February 2026

NiEW 2025.12.11｜10:52
#MUSIC 2026.2.16

Mac DeMarco Announces Japan Tour for February 2026

NiEW 2025.6.26｜17:29
#MUSIC 2026.2.16

Mac DeMarco Adds Extra Japan Tour Dates

NiEW 2025.8.7｜14:58
#MUSIC 2026.2.16

ZORN and OZROSAURUS Team Up for Family Day Live at Nippon Budokan

NiEW 2025.8.21｜14:01
#MUSIC 2026.2.18

Wet Leg Announce Japan Tour for February 2026 with Second Album in Tow

NiEW 2025.7.17｜10:02
#MUSIC 2026.2.7

Vaundy Announces Major Dome Tour, Breaks Record as Youngest Solo Artist to Headline

NiEW 2025.3.4｜17:37
#ART 2026.2.7

Claude Monet Exhibition ‘A Question to Landscapes’ to Open in Japan in 2026,

NiEW 2025.5.2｜19:04
#MUSIC 2026.2.6

Tokyo Live Nights Spotlight Helsinki Lambda Club, Cody・Lee, TENDRE, and Strange Reitaro

NiEW 2025.12.18｜10:24
#ART 2026.1.30

Ghost in the Shell Marks 30 Years with First-Ever Large-Scale Exhibition

NiEW 2025.7.24｜09:50
Vermeer’s ”Girl with a Pearl Earring” Comes to Osaka for a Rare Limited Time Exhibition Thundercat Announces New Album ”Distracted” and Four-Date Japan Tour This May Step Inside “Squid Game”: Immersive Experience Opens in Shibuya Jan 2026 LiSA Marks Her 15th Anniversary With a New Album and Major 2026 Asia Tour
XG Takes Over SHIBUYA TSUTAYA With “THE CORE” Pop-Up Shop Celebrate 30 Years of “Evangelion” with This One-of-a-Kind Kabuki Performance Fujii Kaze Announces Paper-Sleeve Reissues of His First Two Albums and Cover LP Ichiko Aoba Marks 15 Years With Live Album, Film, and 2026 NHK Hall Show
YOASOBI Announces Massive 10-City Asia Tour Spanning 2026–27 DYGL Announce “Crossing 2026” With Texas 3000, ZAZEN BOYS, kanekoayano, and More Tokyo Station Becomes Dragon Ball HQ with Exclusive Merchandise Takeshi Kitano’s Battle Royale Turns 25 and Debuts Legendary Tracksuit Collection
ULTRAMAN EXHIBITION Brings Six Decades of Heroes to Osaka, Fukuoka, and Yokohama in 2026 Fujii Kaze Announces Japan Arena Dates Ahead of Global Prema World Tour BABYMONSTER × UNIQLO UT Drops Late February 2026 Tamagotchi Collab Café Round 2 Brings Mimitchi and Milkutchi to Ikebukuro & Umeda