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CRCK/LCKS announces tour “総総続続” including their Fukuoka debut

NiEW 2023.9.11｜18:21
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King Gnu announces new album “THE GREATEST UNKNOWN” and national tour performing at 5 major dome tours

NiEW 2023.9.11｜18:18
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STUTS and YONLAPA’s Noina to release single “Two Kites,” to be premiered at Karuizawa’s EPOCHS

NiEW 2023.9.11｜18:16
NEWS #MUSIC 2023.9.23

WACK’s new Idol group LiVS to hold a free live show for those wearing WACK merch

NiEW 2023.9.11｜18:13
NEWS #STAGE 2023.11.10

Gekidan5454’s new work “Kessho” with the theme of “childbirth” will be performed at Akasaka RED/THEATER in November.

NiEW 2023.9.11｜16:46
NEWS #STAGE 2023.10.7

Theater unit ♯Q’s “Self-Cover vol. 1,” in which Masuke Kubo directs himself from a script he wrote for an outside performance, will be performed in October, and a special Christmas performance is scheduled for December.

NiEW 2023.9.8｜18:26
NEWS #MUSIC 2023.10.8

Legendary event “DENPA!!!! /DENPA” is back as “DOME’23”. Bogdan Lachinsky, Grisha Lichtenberger, and Howie Lee will visit Japan.

NiEW 2023.9.8｜18:20
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Harry Teardrop announces extra show with SATOH, OKAMOTO Reiji at CIRCUS Tokyo

NiEW 2023.9.8｜18:19
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Hitsujibungaku’s new music video for “more than words” where Moeka Shiotsuka runs through the streets of Shibuya

NiEW 2023.9.8｜18:18
NEWS #MOVIE 2023.9.16

Screening of 15 films, including the Japan premiere of “Ahdat sanawovach el-djamr” at the Kisotengai Film Festival 2023.

NiEW 2023.9.8｜16:41
NEWS #MUSIC 2023.9.19

First Japan tour by Bangkok-based band H3F to take place in September, with additional shows by Gusokumuzu

NiEW 2023.9.8｜15:00
NEWS #ART 2023.9.30

The Setagaya Literary Museum to hold exhibition for manga artist/illustrator Hisashi Eguchi

NiEW 2023.9.8｜13:45

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#MUSIC 2026.1.4

rockin’on sonic Announces 2026 Return

NiEW 2025.8.14｜13:50
#MUSIC 2026.1.4

rockin’on sonic 2026 First Lineup Revealed Featuring PET SHOP BOYS and KNEECAP

NiEW 2025.8.29｜10:58
#MUSIC 2026.1.4

“rockin’on sonic” Timetable Out ZUTOMAYO Joins the Lineup

NiEW 2025.11.7｜10:19
#MUSIC 2026.1.5

KNEECAP Announces First Solo Japan Show at EX Theater Roppongi

NiEW 2025.10.23｜10:38
#ART 2026.1.7

Interactive nostalgia! The “30th Anniversary Tamagotchi Grand Exhibition” Lands in Roppongi

NiEW 2025.11.21｜13:37
#MUSIC 2025.12.31

LIQUIDROOM Welcomes OGRE YOU ASSHOLE, Seiho, maya ongaku for NYE Festival

NiEW 2025.11.26｜17:59
#MUSIC 2025.12.23

Hi-STANDARD Announces “Screaming Newborn Baby Tour” Across Japan, Closing at K-Arena

NiEW 2025.10.10｜15:55
#ART 2025.12.20

Capcom’s Major Retrospective in Tokyo This Winter, Featuring Newly Revealed Concept Art

NiEW 2025.9.19｜12:46
#MUSIC 2025.12.19

Hoon’s Independent Series to Feature Dos Monos and Yuta Orisaka (band)

NiEW 2025.10.2｜17:18
#MUSIC 2025.12.19

Haruomi Hosono Pop Up “Hosono Record House” Opens in Jimbocho This Winter

NiEW 2025.12.4｜11:05
Haruomi Hosono Pop Up “Hosono Record House” Opens in Jimbocho This Winter BLACKPINK Launches Exclusive Jerseys With Tokyo Pro Teams Giants, FC Tokyo, Sunrockers Step Inside “Squid Game”: Immersive Experience Opens in Shibuya Jan 2026 SUMMER SONIC 2026 Set to Mark 25 Years With Three Day Run
“Stranger Things” Finale Pop-Up Takes Over Omotesando’s V.A. This Winter Akeboshi Performs ”NARUTO” Ending Theme ”Wind” on ”THE FIRST TAKE” Celebrate 30 Years of “Evangelion” with This One-of-a-Kind Kabuki Performance Tarsem Singh’s “The Fall” 4K Digital Remaster to Premiere Nationwide on November 21
YOASOBI Announces Massive 10-City Asia Tour Spanning 2026–27 Tokyo Station Becomes Dragon Ball HQ with Exclusive Merchandise D.A.N. × Hitsujibungaku: First-Ever Co-Headlining Night at “Resonance” 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