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STUTS and YONLAPA’s Noina to release single “Two Kites,” to be premiered at Karuizawa’s EPOCHS
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2023.9.23
WACK’s new Idol group LiVS to hold a free live show for those wearing WACK merch
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2023.11.10
Gekidan5454’s new work “Kessho” with the theme of “childbirth” will be performed at Akasaka RED/THEATER in November.
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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.
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2023.10.8
Legendary event “DENPA!!!! /DENPA” is back as “DOME’23”. Bogdan Lachinsky, Grisha Lichtenberger, and Howie Lee will visit Japan.
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Harry Teardrop announces extra show with SATOH, OKAMOTO Reiji at CIRCUS Tokyo
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Hitsujibungaku’s new music video for “more than words” where Moeka Shiotsuka runs through the streets of Shibuya
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2023.9.16
Screening of 15 films, including the Japan premiere of “Ahdat sanawovach el-djamr” at the Kisotengai Film Festival 2023.
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2023.9.19
First Japan tour by Bangkok-based band H3F to take place in September, with additional shows by Gusokumuzu
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2023.9.30
The Setagaya Literary Museum to hold exhibition for manga artist/illustrator Hisashi Eguchi
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2024.2.13
Kula Shaker announces Japan tour with the original members in February 2024
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2024.2.12
Meshell Ndegeocello to perform at Billboard Live in Tokyo and Osaka in February 2024
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TAKANAWA GATEWAY CITY and Sónar Reveal Full Lineup for New Music and Art Festival
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2026.6.10
Major Picasso Exhibition Curated by Paul Smith Arrives in Tokyo in June 2026
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2026.5.6
kanekoayano Announces 2026 World Tour Across Australia, Europe and Japan
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2026.4.18
ULTRAMAN EXHIBITION Brings Six Decades of Heroes to Osaka, Fukuoka, and Yokohama in 2026
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2026.1.16
Step Inside “Squid Game”: Immersive Experience Opens in Shibuya Jan 2026
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