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#Yuri Matsui

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Writing. I like cats, houseplants, food (charcuterie, spiced food, peaches, hard pudding, big-box Chinese, assorted) and summer. I am interested in things that cannot be reconciled. Sometimes I work as Team Unfinished.
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SPECIAL #MUSIC

KOM_I in Brazil: Living Between Cultures

Yuri Matsui 2025.4.25｜14:52
SERIES #ART

Everyday Materials, Extraordinary Revolutions: haru. Meets Louise Bourgeois

Yuri Matsui 2024.11.7｜15:44
SERIES #ART

Art and Adolescence: Salasa’s Journey with a Silent Confidant

Yuri Matsui 2024.11.7｜13:20
SPECIAL #MUSIC

Salasa on Embracing Endings: Finding Peace in the Natural Flow of Grief

Yuri Matsui 2024.9.5｜11:26
SPECIAL #MOVIE

‘A Girl Named Ann’: Director Yu Irie and Yuki Takahashi Discuss the Challenges and Resolve in Portraying Tragic Events

Yuri Matsui 2024.6.13｜16:20
SPECIAL #BOOK

From Diaries to Dissent: Satoko Shibata’s Reflections on Seven Years and the Struggle Against the Pervasiveness of “Interesting”

Yuri Matsui 2023.12.28｜10:52
SPECIAL #MUSIC

The “Oh well” aesthetics that saved Otake@James.

Yuri Matsui 2023.7.14｜15:23

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Shintaro Sakamoto Through the Eyes of Tokyo Swindlers’ Director

Ryohei Matsunaga 2025.5.15｜14:52
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What Kikagaku Moyo Taught Us: Reflections After Our First US Tour

Tsutomu Sonoda 2025.5.12｜17:05
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Chappo on How Meeting Haruomi Hosono Sparked Their Formation and Unique Sound

Atsutake Kaneko 2025.5.9｜12:51
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xiangyu Channels Curiosity into Her Debut Album

Takahiro Kanazawa 2025.5.2｜15:40
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KOM_I in Brazil: Living Between Cultures

Yuri Matsui 2025.4.25｜14:52
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How ‘Mobile Suit Gundam GQuuuuuuX’ Reinvents the Universal Century with Anno, Tsurumaki, and Enokido at the Helm

Shuka Yamada 2025.4.25｜11:44
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Kaika’s First Album and Musical Journey: The Blooming of a Gifted Songwriter

Atsutake Kaneko 2025.4.3｜12:11

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EVENTS

#MUSIC 2025.5.29

Yuransen’s 3rd Album “MY CHEMICAL ROMANCE” Coming in July, Two Songs Out Now

NiEW 2025.5.29｜11:20
#MUSIC 2025.5.30

MONO NO AWARE Announces Solo Show in May, Featuring Direction by GROUPN

NiEW 2025.1.28｜17:58
#MUSIC 2025.5.30

Khaki Announces Release of Unreleased 12-Track Album “Hakko”

NiEW 2025.4.22｜00:15
#MUSIC 2025.5.30

NiEW presents “exPoP!!!!!,” featuring Yūtai Communications, Fumi Noguchi, Doona, and Magical Choco Mint Club

NiEW 2025.5.2｜19:35
#MUSIC 2025.5.30

STUTS Releases Anniversary Song for Newoman Yokohama’s 5th Anniversary

NiEW 2025.5.23｜13:31
#MUSIC 2025.5.31

FUJI & SUN ’25’ Announces First Lineup: Naotaro Moriyama, Satoko Shibata, Yuta Orisaka and More

NiEW 2025.1.22｜14:56
#MUSIC 2025.5.31

The Chemical Brothers to Headline Makuhari’s First-Ever ‘THE BEACH 2025’ Festival

NiEW 2025.1.23｜18:14
#MUSIC 2025.5.31

Hibiya Music Festival Announces First Wave of Artists: Kenji Ozawa, imase, Kiyoshi Hikawa + KIINA, and More

NiEW 2025.2.10｜18:51
#MUSIC 2025.5.31

Shizuoka’s “FUJI & SUN ’25” Adds Tavito Nanao, Yoshiwara Gion Taiko Sessions, and More

NiEW 2025.3.28｜12:56
#MUSIC 2025.5.31

MURA MASA, 250, MELTMODE Join Final Lineup for THE BEACH 2025 at Makuhari Beach

NiEW 2025.4.24｜14:30
Tohji Pia Arena Theatrical Version Announced with Limited June Release Sebastian Stan Stars in A24 Thriller ‘A Different Man,’ Set for Japan Release ROCK IN JAPAN Final Lineup Includes Mrs. GREEN APPLE, HIGE DAN, IVE, and More
Mikio Hasui’s Seascape Photo Exhibition Featuring All Nuclear Power Plants in Japan Asagiri JAM ’25 Unveils First Lineup with Hiatus Kaiyote, Angie McMahon, and Bialystocks Foo Fighters Return to Japan for First Solo Shows in 17 Years
Katy Perry to Perform at Saitama Super Arena This December on “143” World Tour Billie Eilish Returns to Japan for Two Nights at Saitama Super Arena in August ART OSAKA 2025 Unveils Video Program Tracing Japan’s Visual Art Evolution from the 1960s
Fred Again.. Announces First Asia Tour Including Fuji Rock Prada Aoyama to Unveil Visionary Collaboration Between Nicolas Winding Refn and Hideo Kojima Jean-Luc Godard’s Last Film ‘The Image Book’ Reimagined in Shinjuku Exhibition