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2025.6.27
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2025.4.26
Namba Parks Hosts Free Music Festival with Shohei Araya, Soji Saki, and More
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2025.4.4
Shunji Iwai Celebrates Love Letter 30th Anniversary with 4K Remaster Screening
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2025.8.8
Jurassic World Rebirth to Hit Japanese Theaters This August
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2025.6.6
‘We Live in Time’ Brings a Heartfelt Tale of Love and Emotion to Japan This June
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Gundam First Hollywood Live-Action Film to Be Backed by Legendary and Bandai Namco Joint Investment
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2025.5.16
Scandinavian Serial Murder Case Depicted in ‘The Girl with the Needle,’ Coming This May
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2025.4.26
Leos Carax’s ‘It’s Not Me’ to Hit Japanese Theaters in April, Paying Tribute to Godard
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‘Jurassic World Rebirth’ Set for Summer Release in Japan, Starring Scarlett Johansson
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2025.2.22
Kaoru Oda’s Film Retrospective at Shibuya Euro Space Marks Underground Release
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2025.2.14
Tribute Screenings of David Lynch’s Iconic Films, ‘Eraserhead,’ ‘Lost Highway’ and More
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2025.4.4
A24’s ‘TUESDAY’ Premieres in Japan This April
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‘Blue Period’ Available on Prime Video
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‘The Making of a Japanese’ Short Nominated for Academy Award, Drawing Widespread Attention
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2025.3.1
Kaori Oda’s ‘Underground’ Trailer Released, Set for Berlinale Debut
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ONE OK ROCK’s New Track “Puppets Can’t Control You” Chosen as Theme for “Mikami Sensei”
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Takeshi Kitano’s ‘Broken Rage’ Release Date Announced with New Trailer Starring Tadanobu Asano
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2025.1.17
Kenshi Yonezu Reveals Original Cover Jacket for Gundam’s Latest Theme Song “Plazma”
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EVENTS
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2026.3.5
STUTS to Hit Fukuoka, Nagoya, Osaka, and Tokyo on 2026 Tour
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2026.3.6
Linklater and Ethan Hawke Reunite in “Blue Moon,” Opening in Japan This March
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2026.3.7
Sonoko Inoue Announces First Overseas Shows in Taiwan and Korea
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2026.2.11
Tate Britain Brings 1990s UK Art Retrospective to Tokyo
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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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2026.1.30
Ghost in the Shell Celebrates 30 Years With Major Tokyo Exhibition
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2026.1.24
Pioneering Japanese idol Kyōko Koizumi to Embark on 2026 Nationwide Hall Tour KK60
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2026.1.16
“Look Back” Anime Exhibit Explores the Making from Manga to Film
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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
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