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NEWS #MUSIC 2024.9.13

LEX Drops ‘Logic 2’: 15 Tracks Forged in the Fire of Mental Health Struggles

NiEW 2024.7.31｜23:41
NEWS #ART 2024.8.10

CCMS Lights Up the Night with Exclusive Exhibit & Sale, Plus ‘Promare’ Staff Talk Event

NiEW 2024.7.31｜23:19
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Yuga’s 4th Album Gets a Dark Twist: Takuro Okada Delivers a Dance Album for the Melancholic

NiEW 2024.7.31｜23:10
NEWS #MOVIE 2024.12.20

Ryo Narita Joins Live-Action ‘Oshi no Ko’ as Ai’s Physician Goro

NiEW 2024.7.31｜23:04
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Kento Kaku Joins Live-Action ‘Yakuza’: Teaser Visuals and Trailer Unveiled

NiEW 2024.7.31｜22:59
NEWS #MOVIE 2024.8.8

BLACKPINK’s 8th Anniversary Film: Nationwide Theaters to Host Interactive Screening Events

NiEW 2024.7.31｜22:51
NEWS #MUSIC 2024.10.12

Vaundy to Headline Day One at GFEST.2024 in Gunma

NiEW 2024.7.31｜22:46
NEWS #MUSIC 2024.10.14

Roman Kakumei to Release Breakthrough EP This September

NiEW 2024.7.31｜22:41
NEWS #MUSIC 2024.11.16

Yokohama’s “Local Green Festival” Announces Second Wave: Ovall, IO, LEX, and More

NiEW 2024.7.29｜17:34
NEWS #MUSIC 2024.10.29

Sunny Day Service & betcover!! Take the Stage Together at LIQUIDROOM

NiEW 2024.7.29｜17:30
NEWS #MUSIC 2024.9.15

4s4ki Announces First Overseas Headlining Tour: China and Tokyo Stops

NiEW 2024.7.26｜18:43
NEWS #MOVIE 2024.10.18

‘Saw X’ Japanese Release Announced for October

NiEW 2024.7.26｜11:56

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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 2025.12.31

LIQUIDROOM Welcomes OGRE YOU ASSHOLE, Seiho, maya ongaku for NYE Festival

NiEW 2025.11.26｜17:59
#MUSIC 2026.1.4

rockin’on sonic Announces 2026 Return

NiEW 2025.8.14｜13:50
#MUSIC 2026.1.4

rockin’on sonic 2026 First Lineup Revealed Featuring PET SHOP BOYS and KNEECAP

NiEW 2025.8.29｜10:58
#MUSIC 2026.1.4

“rockin’on sonic” Timetable Out ZUTOMAYO Joins the Lineup

NiEW 2025.11.7｜10:19
#MUSIC 2026.1.5

KNEECAP Announces First Solo Japan Show at EX Theater Roppongi

NiEW 2025.10.23｜10:38
#MUSIC 2025.12.23

Hi-STANDARD Announces “Screaming Newborn Baby Tour” Across Japan, Closing at K-Arena

NiEW 2025.10.10｜15:55
#ART 2025.12.20

Capcom’s Major Retrospective in Tokyo This Winter, Featuring Newly Revealed Concept Art

NiEW 2025.9.19｜12:46
#MUSIC 2025.12.19

Hoon’s Independent Series to Feature Dos Monos and Yuta Orisaka (band)

NiEW 2025.10.2｜17:18
#MUSIC 2025.12.19

Haruomi Hosono Pop Up “Hosono Record House” Opens in Jimbocho This Winter

NiEW 2025.12.4｜11:05
#MUSIC 2025.12.13

Tele Announces Nationwide Tour Starting in December with 13 Shows Across 9 Cities

NiEW 2025.6.26｜15:38
Haruomi Hosono Pop Up “Hosono Record House” Opens in Jimbocho This Winter BLACKPINK Launches Exclusive Jerseys With Tokyo Pro Teams Giants, FC Tokyo, Sunrockers Step Inside “Squid Game”: Immersive Experience Opens in Shibuya Jan 2026 SUMMER SONIC 2026 Set to Mark 25 Years With Three Day Run
“Stranger Things” Finale Pop-Up Takes Over Omotesando’s V.A. This Winter Akeboshi Performs ”NARUTO” Ending Theme ”Wind” on ”THE FIRST TAKE” Celebrate 30 Years of “Evangelion” with This One-of-a-Kind Kabuki Performance Tarsem Singh’s “The Fall” 4K Digital Remaster to Premiere Nationwide on November 21
YOASOBI Announces Massive 10-City Asia Tour Spanning 2026–27 Tokyo Station Becomes Dragon Ball HQ with Exclusive Merchandise D.A.N. × Hitsujibungaku: First-Ever Co-Headlining Night at “Resonance” Takeshi Kitano’s Battle Royale Turns 25 and Debuts Legendary Tracksuit Collection
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