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2023.12.13
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2023.11.16
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The book, “These 100 CDs will help you understand the basics of 90’s J-POP!” will be published on September 20 (Wed.), featuring disc reviews and discussion columns on the albums that symbolize each year.
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GANG PARADE to release their first EP this November featuring songs on the theme of “night”
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2023.12.13
[Alexandros], Creepy Nuts, go!go!vanillas, Saucy Dog, and more to perform at RUSH BALL in Taiwan
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2023.10.13
Busstrio’s live performance piece “One. Montage” recreated version to be performed in October
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TREES FOR SAKAMOTO, a forest protection organization founded by Ryuichi Sakamoto, asks for donations
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2023.10.6
Tokyo Photographic Art Museum to hold Takashi Homma’s “Revolution 9: Homma Takashi,” his first solo exhibition in 10 years
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2023.12.17
Chanmina announces Japan tour “AREA OF DIAMOND 2” performing 8 shows in 6 cities.
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2023.12.9
ARTIZON MUSEUM to hold “Marie Laurencin: An Eye for Her Time” featuring Picasso, Tsuguharu Fujita, and more
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2024.2.14
The National Art Center, Tokyo to hold “Henri Matisse – Forms in Freedom” from February 2024
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Slowdive released its 5th album “Everything Is Alive” and a music video for the song “alife”
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2023.9.1
Greta Gerwig’s “Lady Bird” and “Little Women” on screens at Bunkamura Le Cinema Shibuya Miyashita
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2023.11.16
kino cinéma Shinjuku opens this November, their first theater in Tokyo’s 23 wards.
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Fujii Kaze’s “Prema” Looks Outward, Recasting J-Pop for a Global Stage
Kotaro Kikuchi
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Ichiko Aoba’s Luminescent Creatures: The Enchanted Traditions of Isolated Hateruma
Hajime Oishi
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Ryuichi Sakamoto’s Final Years: A Documentary-Trained Director Reflects on the Film
Shoichiro Kotetsu
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mei ehara on “All About McGuffin”: Embracing Doubt, Struggle, and Self-Reflection
Jin Otabe
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rubens on “MELT”: Capturing Life, Loss, and Everyday Beauty in Music
Fumiaki Amano
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Inside “The Last Blossom”: Voice Actors on Love, Loss, and Life
Koji Harie
NiEW’S PLAYLIST
NiEW recommends alternative music🆕
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.
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2026.1.4
rockin’on sonic Announces 2026 Return
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2026.1.4
rockin’on sonic 2026 First Lineup Revealed Featuring PET SHOP BOYS and KNEECAP
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2026.1.4
“rockin’on sonic” Timetable Out ZUTOMAYO Joins the Lineup
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2026.1.5
KNEECAP Announces First Solo Japan Show at EX Theater Roppongi
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2026.1.7
Interactive nostalgia! The “30th Anniversary Tamagotchi Grand Exhibition” Lands in Roppongi
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2025.12.31
LIQUIDROOM Welcomes OGRE YOU ASSHOLE, Seiho, maya ongaku for NYE Festival
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2025.12.23
Hi-STANDARD Announces “Screaming Newborn Baby Tour” Across Japan, Closing at K-Arena
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2025.12.20
Capcom’s Major Retrospective in Tokyo This Winter, Featuring Newly Revealed Concept Art
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2025.12.19
Hoon’s Independent Series to Feature Dos Monos and Yuta Orisaka (band)
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2025.12.19
Haruomi Hosono Pop Up “Hosono Record House” Opens in Jimbocho This Winter
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“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