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2025.9.17
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2025.10.4
Summer Eye Announces New Tour “Fresh” with Full Band
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Kabukicho Tower Welcomes DJ Event with Pop Karaoke and Fun Freebies
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2025.8.27
Yaeji Announces August Tokyo Show Following Debut Album Release
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2025.10.13
Chara Announces Solo Tour Across Tokyo, Nagoya, and Osaka with Full Band
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2025.8.22
Iconic Enka Singer Sachiko Kobayashi to Spin One-Night-Only DJ Set
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2025.7.11
Okinawa Trio HOME’s Latest EP Comes Alive with Complete MV Series
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Gap Adds The Beatles, Kurt Cobain, and Nas to Its Vintage Music Tees Lineup
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2025.8.14
Toyota, Aichi’s Annual Summer Dance Celebration Announces 16 New Performers
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2025.10.18
RADWIMPS Reveal October Album Release and Arena Tour Lineup Including BUMP OF CHICKEN
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2025.8.27
FIEVEL IS GLAUQUE Embark on Japan Debut This August
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FiJA Announces Debut Album Fragile Thing Out in July on Takuya Kuroda’s Label
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2025.9.23
Tomakomai’s FAHDAY Reveals Third Lineup Featuring Ohzora Kimijima, CAR10, and More
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2025.10.4
Beppu’s small circle ’25 to Host Ichiko Aoba with Keigo Oyamada & U-zhaan and More
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2025.7.3
i-dle Pop-Up Opens in Shibuya Featuring New “minini” Collaboration with LINE FRIENDS
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2026.2.16
Mac DeMarco Announces Japan Tour for February 2026
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“No Other Cars” Pre-Released Ahead of yahyel’s In Amber Album
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2025.7.13
YOASOBI Announces “WANDARA” Hall Tour, Their Biggest Yet Across 14 Prefectures
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2026.3.14
GEZAN Announces First Ever Nippon Budokan Show in Spring 2026
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2026.3.14
Ikimonogakari Announce First Festival with Noriyuki Makihara, Sukima Switch, and Mone Kamishiraishi
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2026.3.17
Ringo Sheena Returns to the Stage Nationwide Spring 2026
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2026.3.17
New Multi-Venue Event ”UNDERCITY” Takes Over Ebisu LIQUIDROOM Complex This March
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2026.3.17
Tokyo’s New Music Event UNDERCITY Reveals Second Lineup in Ebisu
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2026.3.5
STUTS to Hit Fukuoka, Nagoya, Osaka, and Tokyo on 2026 Tour
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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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2026.1.30
Ghost in the Shell Celebrates 30 Years With Major Tokyo Exhibition
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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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