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2023.11.3
PARCO’s Touring Market Event to Explore Jun-Kissa Culture Across Six Cities
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Japan-Exclusive Poster and Trailer Released for “Wonka”
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Unveiling Scenes from “You Will Not Have My Hate” – a Film Depicting a Family’s Ordeal in a Terrorist Attack
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2023.12.15
The new stage by Siberia Shozyo Tetsudo, starring Ayaka Yasumoto and others, is a “no-separation, gentle, locked-room suspense”.
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CHO CO PA CO CHO CO QUIN QUIN’s Debut Album Now Available in LP and CD
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Tohji Drops “Aglio e olio” MV and Reveals Full Video of Sold-Out Show Performance
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2023.11.11
Acid Pauli and Sapphire Slows Headline MIDNIGHT EAST with Four Other Acts
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“Saturday Fiction” Reveals Main Visual and Provides Director Lou Ye’s Exclusive Stage Greeting Details
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2023.12.9
Juggling Unit Fratres Brings the Latest Verbal Juggling Performance
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2024.3.28
New Visuals and Artist Comments Revealed for Ryuichi Sakamoto✕ Shiro Takatani’s Theater Piece “TIME”
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2023.12.15
LEARNERS Announces Hiatus, Concluding with Final Show at Shindaita FEVER in December
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Yakob Tanaka’s 3rd Album “IN NEUTRAL” to Receive LP Release
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Ghost and the Shell: A Bold Tokyo Exhibition That Dares to Dig Deeper
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Taking Taiwan Indie Global: Emerge Music’s Nuno on Asia’s Music Alliance
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Calling Out From Somewhere in the Fog: Shintaro Sakamoto’s “Yoo-hoo”
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Takuro Okada on the Making of konoma: Between Minimalism, Jazz, and Cross-Cultural Dialogue
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The Japanese Band That Counts Fans, Not Streams: LOSTAGE Explained
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Laura day romance on “Nemuru”: A Two-Part Journey Through “Walls” and “Bridges”
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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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Mac DeMarco Adds Extra Japan Tour Dates
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ZORN and OZROSAURUS Team Up for Family Day Live at Nippon Budokan
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2026.2.18
Wet Leg Announce Japan Tour for February 2026 with Second Album in Tow
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Hitsujibungaku Join wet leg’s Tokyo Show as Special Guests
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2026.2.11
Tate Britain Brings 1990s UK Art Retrospective to Tokyo
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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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