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2025.11.13
Salasa to Embark on Largest-Ever Tokyo, Nagoya, Osaka Tour
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4K Remastered GHOST IN THE SHELL Set for Limited Two-Week Revival Screening
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2025.12.12
Chanmina, HANA, Hitsujibungaku Headline “Spotify On Stage Tokyo 2025 – Year-End Special”
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“Jack & Music” Festival Featuring Denzel Curry Announced
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TESTSET Returns with Full Album “ALL HAZE” in October
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Nagano’s EACH STORY Hits Tokyo with Jakob Bro × Midori Takada, Gia Margaret, and Felbm
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2026.2.11
Tate Britain Brings 1990s UK Art Retrospective to Tokyo
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2025.10.23
Europe-Focused Photography Festival Makes Japan Debut with Tokyo Public Displays
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2025.9.20
“Ghosts: When the Invisible Visible” opens at Arts Maebashi
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2025.11.19
YOGEE NEW WAVES Announces Inaugural Hall Show with New Lineup
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‘Ryuichi Sakamoto: Diaries’ Explores the Composer’s Mind Through His Personal Journals
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2026.1.4
rockin’on sonic 2026 First Lineup Revealed Featuring PET SHOP BOYS and KNEECAP
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10 Years with Atarashii Gakko! and Defying the Norms
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Eiko Ishibashi Reflects on Music Today: Anger and Ambiguous Affirmation in Antigone
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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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2025.9.21
SUSHIBOYS Announce Solo Tour with Four Shows
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2025.9.21
Yasuyuki Horigome’s “Uma no Hone” Marks 20th Anniversary with First Best-of Album
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2025.9.23
STUTS Adds Guests for Arena Show: BIM, DJ FUMIYA, RYO-Z, and Schadaraparr
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2025.9.23
Hokkaido’s “FAHDAY” Unveils Second Wave of Acts Including Quruli and Saho Terao
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2025.9.23
Tomakomai’s FAHDAY Reveals Third Lineup Featuring Ohzora Kimijima, CAR10, and More
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2025.9.23
Tomakomai’s FAHDAY Expands Lineup with Odottebakari no Kuni and Yuransen
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2025.9.24
ODD Foot Works Drops New Single “NO NAME DANCE,” Solo Show Planned at Shibuya WWW
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2025.9.25
Shibuya’s WWW Marks 15th Anniversary with First Project “Suchmos × LEX”
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2025.9.25
LE SSERAFIM Pop-Up Café Opens with Special Live Photo Displays
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2025.9.26
‘BECOMING LED ZEPPELIN’ Japan Release Date Announced: Band’s First Official Documentary
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