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2026.2.27
NiEW’s Monthly exPoP!!!!! Returns This February to Spotlight Emerging Artists
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HANA Launch First Exhibition at Harajuku’s New MAZE Space
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Suchmos Announce 18-Show Tour With Fujii Kaze, IO, GLIM SPANKY and More
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2026.5.5
Shintaro Sakamoto Announces Nationwide Yoo-hoo Tour for 2026
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2026.8.14
SUMMER SONIC 2026 Reveals First Lineup With The Strokes, JENNIE, FKA twigs, and LE SSERAFIM
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2026.3.29
Hitsujibungaku’s Nippon Budokan Live Film Gets One-Night Nationwide Screening
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Former CHAI Members MANA and KANA Announce OKAME’s Debut Album ”DEBUT”
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2026.3.6
Linklater and Ethan Hawke Reunite in “Blue Moon,” Opening in Japan This March
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Thundercat Announces New Album ”Distracted” and Four-Date Japan Tour This May
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2026.3.17
New Multi-Venue Event ”UNDERCITY” Takes Over Ebisu LIQUIDROOM Complex This March
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2026.2.24
Korean Artist Parannoul Joins New ”QUATTRO Alternative” Series for First-Ever Japan Show
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XG Takes Over SHIBUYA TSUTAYA With “THE CORE” Pop-Up Shop
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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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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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2026.3.5
STUTS to Hit Fukuoka, Nagoya, Osaka, and Tokyo on 2026 Tour
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2026.3.6
Linklater and Ethan Hawke Reunite in “Blue Moon,” Opening in Japan This March
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2026.3.7
Sonoko Inoue Announces First Overseas Shows in Taiwan and Korea
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2026.2.11
Tate Britain Brings 1990s UK Art Retrospective to Tokyo
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2026.2.7
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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2026.2.6
Tokyo Live Nights Spotlight Helsinki Lambda Club, Cody・Lee, TENDRE, and Strange Reitaro
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2026.1.30
Ghost in the Shell Celebrates 30 Years With Major Tokyo Exhibition
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2026.1.24
Pioneering Japanese idol Kyōko Koizumi to Embark on 2026 Nationwide Hall Tour KK60
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2026.1.16
“Look Back” Anime Exhibit Explores the Making from Manga to Film
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Vermeer’s ”Girl with a Pearl Earring” Comes to Osaka for a Rare Limited Time Exhibition
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
FUJI ROCK 2026 Announces 66 Artists Including Fujii Kaze and XG Plus Complete Ticket Breakdown