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It has been 20 years since he came to Japan. Kevin Yang continues to pursue the dream he gave up as a child in China
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Machiko Machikado talks about the theremin, the world’s first electronic musical instrument
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The Super Mario Bros. Movie’s soundtrack will be released as CD and vinyl
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2023.7.21
Theatre company inzou’s “The Dog and the Dictator” portrays Mikhail Bulgakov and Stalin
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“Paragraph 175,” a documentary on gay couples persecuted under the Nazis, reruns this Summer
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Steve Vai’s first solo show in Japan in 9 years to be held in October in Tokyo and Osaka
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2023.10.19
Japanese band Domico announced its latest EP, “Ate,” & a nationwide tour in October
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cero releases analog version of 5th album “e o” & instrumental version also available
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2023.8.18
COGASON to hold first Japan tour in 7 years in August; Korean alternative rock band
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2023.11.14
ONE OK ROCK x MY FIRST STORY brothers to play at Tokyo Dome
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Kaho Nakamura’s new song, “The Scuffing Song,” is featured in Pocari Sweat’s web movie
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Presentation of Maison Valentino’s “Fall-Winter 2023-24 Haute Couture Collection,” show sound by Annoni.
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Major Picasso Exhibition Curated by Paul Smith Arrives in Tokyo in June 2026
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kanekoayano Announces 2026 World Tour Across Australia, Europe and Japan
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ULTRAMAN EXHIBITION Brings Six Decades of Heroes to Osaka, Fukuoka, and Yokohama in 2026
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