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2026.2.17
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2026.2.18
Hitsujibungaku Join wet leg’s Tokyo Show as Special Guests
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2026.3.17
Tokyo’s New Music Event UNDERCITY Reveals Second Lineup in Ebisu
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2026.2.27
NiEW’s Monthly exPoP!!!!! Returns This February to Spotlight Emerging Artists
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Suchmos Announce 18-Show Tour With Fujii Kaze, IO, GLIM SPANKY and More
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2026.5.5
Shintaro Sakamoto Announces Nationwide Yoo-hoo Tour for 2026
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2026.8.14
SUMMER SONIC 2026 Reveals First Lineup With The Strokes, JENNIE, FKA twigs, and LE SSERAFIM
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2026.3.29
Hitsujibungaku’s Nippon Budokan Live Film Gets One-Night Nationwide Screening
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Former CHAI Members MANA and KANA Announce OKAME’s Debut Album ”DEBUT”
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Thundercat Announces New Album ”Distracted” and Four-Date Japan Tour This May
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2026.3.17
New Multi-Venue Event ”UNDERCITY” Takes Over Ebisu LIQUIDROOM Complex This March
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2026.2.24
Korean Artist Parannoul Joins New ”QUATTRO Alternative” Series for First-Ever Japan Show
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XG Takes Over SHIBUYA TSUTAYA With “THE CORE” Pop-Up Shop
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2026.1.16
Lady Gaga’s “MAYHEM” Pop-Up Store Lands in Osaka and Tokyo
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2026.5.3
Creepy Nuts and 10-FEET Lead First Lineup for VIVA LA ROCK 2026
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2026.7.2
Ichiko Aoba Marks 15 Years With Live Album, Film, and 2026 NHK Hall Show
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2026.3.7
Sonoko Inoue Announces First Overseas Shows in Taiwan and Korea
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sugar plant’s New Album Shows Why Japanese Dream Pop Still Resonates After 30 Years
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Taking Taiwan Indie Global: Emerge Music’s Nuno on Asia’s Music Alliance
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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
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EVENTS
#MOVIE
2026.2.20
Cannes Winner “Sentimental Value” to Hit Japanese Theaters Joachim Trier’s Latest Film
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2026.2.21
Evangelion Marks 30 Years with Special Event at Yokohama Arena
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2026.2.23
Celebrate 30 Years of “Evangelion” with This One-of-a-Kind Kabuki Performance
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#MUSIC
2026.2.24
Korean Artist Parannoul Joins New ”QUATTRO Alternative” Series for First-Ever Japan Show
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2026.2.18
Wet Leg Announce Japan Tour for February 2026 with Second Album in Tow
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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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#ART
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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Vermeer’s ”Girl with a Pearl Earring” Comes to Osaka for a Rare Limited Time Exhibition
Thundercat Announces New Album ”Distracted” and Four-Date Japan Tour This May
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