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NEWS #MUSIC 2025.9.17

Horsegirl to Embark on Their First Japan Tour This September

NiEW 2025.2.19｜16:12
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Naoshima New Museum of Art to Open on May 31, Tickets on Sale Starting April

NiEW 2025.2.14｜17:24
NEWS #MUSIC 2025.4.5

SYNCHRONICITY Presents ASIAN KUNG-FU GENERATION × CHILI BEANS. and GEZAN × OGRE YOU ASSHOLE

NiEW 2025.2.14｜17:16
NEWS #MOVIE 2025.6.6

‘We Live in Time’ Brings a Heartfelt Tale of Love and Emotion to Japan This June

NiEW 2025.2.14｜17:10
NEWS #MUSIC 2025.5.13

LAGWAGON Returns to Japan for Five Shows in May

NiEW 2025.2.13｜18:15
NEWS #MUSIC 2025.3.8

never young beach’s 10th Anniversary Tour Adds Extra Tokyo Show and Opens Standing Area in Osaka

NiEW 2025.2.13｜11:22
NEWS #MOVIE

Gundam First Hollywood Live-Action Film to Be Backed by Legendary and Bandai Namco Joint Investment

NiEW 2025.2.13｜11:18
NEWS #MUSIC 2025.6.8

YOASOBI Adds Second London Show at Wembley Arena Due to High Demand

NiEW 2025.2.13｜11:15
NEWS #MUSIC 2025.3.26

Van Dyke Parks Returns to Japan After 12 Years for Two Shows at Billboard Live Tokyo

NiEW 2025.2.13｜11:09
NEWS #ART 2025.3.15

Robert Capa: War Exhibition to Open at Tokyo Photographic Art Museum

NiEW 2025.2.13｜10:59
NEWS #MUSIC 2025.5.24

the telephones Announce 20th Anniversary Show with 2005 Yen Tickets

NiEW 2025.2.12｜11:33
NEWS #MOVIE 2025.5.16

Scandinavian Serial Murder Case Depicted in ‘The Girl with the Needle,’ Coming This May

NiEW 2025.2.12｜11:30

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Ghost and the Shell: A Bold Tokyo Exhibition That Dares to Dig Deeper

Mika Kosugi 2026.2.6｜15:24
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Taking Taiwan Indie Global: Emerge Music’s Nuno on Asia’s Music Alliance

Atsutake Kaneko 2026.2.5｜18:12
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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

Shoichi Yamamoto 2026.1.8｜14:44
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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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#MUSIC 2026.3.5

STUTS to Hit Fukuoka, Nagoya, Osaka, and Tokyo on 2026 Tour

NiEW 2025.9.25｜17:13
#MOVIE 2026.3.6

Linklater and Ethan Hawke Reunite in “Blue Moon,” Opening in Japan This March

NiEW 2026.2.5｜15:39
#MUSIC 2026.3.7

Sonoko Inoue Announces First Overseas Shows in Taiwan and Korea

NiEW 2026.1.22｜10:29
#ART 2026.2.11

Tate Britain Brings 1990s UK Art Retrospective to Tokyo

NiEW 2025.9.4｜12:17
#MUSIC 2026.2.7

Vaundy Announces Major Dome Tour, Breaks Record as Youngest Solo Artist to Headline

NiEW 2025.3.4｜17:37
#ART 2026.2.7

Claude Monet Exhibition ‘A Question to Landscapes’ to Open in Japan in 2026,

NiEW 2025.5.2｜19:04
#MUSIC 2026.2.6

Tokyo Live Nights Spotlight Helsinki Lambda Club, Cody・Lee, TENDRE, and Strange Reitaro

NiEW 2025.12.18｜10:24
#ART 2026.1.30

Ghost in the Shell Celebrates 30 Years With Major Tokyo Exhibition

NiEW 2025.7.24｜09:50
#MUSIC 2026.1.24

Pioneering Japanese idol Kyōko Koizumi to Embark on 2026 Nationwide Hall Tour KK60

NiEW 2025.10.2｜11:25
#ART 2026.1.16

“Look Back” Anime Exhibit Explores the Making from Manga to Film

NiEW 2025.9.11｜12:01
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
Celebrate 30 Years of “Evangelion” with This One-of-a-Kind Kabuki Performance Ghost in the Shell Celebrates 30 Years With Major Tokyo Exhibition URBAN RESEARCH x A24 Launch Marty Supreme Collection in Japan Hirokazu Koreeda’s The Sheep in the Box Opens in Japan This May
YOASOBI Announces Massive 10-City Asia Tour Spanning 2026–27 DYGL Announce “Crossing 2026” With Texas 3000, ZAZEN BOYS, kanekoayano, and More Tokyo Station Becomes Dragon Ball HQ with Exclusive Merchandise HANA Launch First Exhibition at Harajuku’s New MAZE Space
ULTRAMAN EXHIBITION Brings Six Decades of Heroes to Osaka, Fukuoka, and Yokohama in 2026 Fujii Kaze Announces Japan Arena Dates Ahead of Global Prema World Tour BABYMONSTER × UNIQLO UT Drops Late February 2026 Tamagotchi Collab Café Round 2 Brings Mimitchi and Milkutchi to Ikebukuro & Umeda