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2025.2.15
ap bank fes ’25 Reveals Second Lineup: imase, Soucy, Maka-en, and Noriyuki Makihara
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2025.5.3
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2025.3.14
BABYMONSTER Kicks Off First World Tour with 100,000 Fans in Japan Across Five Venues
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Cannes Best Actor Winner Koji Yakusho’s ‘PERFECT DAYS’ Now on Prime Video
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Unsettling Teaser Released for “The Summer Hikaru Died” Anime, Debuting Summer 2025
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2025.10.18
Tokyo Odaiba Triennale 2025: Theme and First Participants Announced
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2024.12.29
“#1229 Year End Party” Brings Together STUTS, Kohjiya, Kaneee, OMSB, and More in Shibuya
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2025.2.27
Kaho Nakamura Returns with a Piano Solo Hall Tour Across Five Cities After 2.5 Years
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2025.5.15
Gen Hoshino Announces New Album and Nationwide Tour for Spring 2025
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2025.2.28
Cannes Palme d’Or-Winning Film ‘ANORA’ Releases Trailer
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2025.2.21
‘THE BRUTALIST’ to Premiere in Japan, Portraying the Remarkable Life of a Jewish Architect
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2024.12.30
CIRCUS × CIRCUS Year-End Event in Osaka to Feature kZm, JUMADIBA, SATOH, HOME, and More
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2026.2.11
Tate Britain Brings 1990s UK Art Retrospective to Tokyo
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2026.2.13
Yorgos Lanthimos’ “Bugonia” Sets Japan Release for February 2026
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2026.2.16
Mac DeMarco Announces Japan Tour for February 2026
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2026.2.16
Mac DeMarco Adds Extra Japan Tour Dates
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2026.2.16
ZORN and OZROSAURUS Team Up for Family Day Live at Nippon Budokan
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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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2026.2.3
my bloody valentine Adds Extra Shows in Tokyo and Osaka
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2026.1.30
Ghost in the Shell Marks 30 Years with First-Ever Large-Scale Exhibition
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Vermeer’s ”Girl with a Pearl Earring” Comes to Osaka for a Rare Limited Time Exhibition
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LiSA Marks Her 15th Anniversary With a New Album and Major 2026 Asia Tour