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2025.11.1
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2025.12.12
Chanmina, HANA, Hitsujibungaku Headline “Spotify On Stage Tokyo 2025 – Year-End Special”
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“Jack & Music” Festival Featuring Denzel Curry Announced
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TESTSET Returns with Full Album “ALL HAZE” in October
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Nagano’s EACH STORY Hits Tokyo with Jakob Bro × Midori Takada, Gia Margaret, and Felbm
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2025.11.19
YOGEE NEW WAVES Announces Inaugural Hall Show with New Lineup
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‘Ryuichi Sakamoto: Diaries’ Explores the Composer’s Mind Through His Personal Journals
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2026.1.4
rockin’on sonic 2026 First Lineup Revealed Featuring PET SHOP BOYS and KNEECAP
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Hashirikomies Announces New Album “Friends Orchestra” Out This November
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2025.9.25
Shibuya’s WWW Marks 15th Anniversary with First Project “Suchmos × LEX”
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2025.9.21
Yasuyuki Horigome’s “Uma no Hone” Marks 20th Anniversary with First Best-of Album
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2025.11.14
maya ongaku Wraps Up Autumn Japan Tour at Tokyo’s Sogetsu Hall
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Japanese-Australian Singer-Songwriter Nikki Azura Makes Global Debut
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2025.12.15
Doja Cat Returns to Japan for First Tour in Six Years with New Album “Vie”
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Sasebo Music Awards Set with Shuta Hasunuma and Kuniyuki Takahashi on Panel
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2025.10.11
“Kyoto Music Expo 2025” Adds Ichiko Aoba and Shigeru Kishida String Quartet
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2025.10.10
Kenshi Yonezu’s “1991” Selected as Theme Song for Upcoming ‘5 Centimeters per Second’ Film
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2025.8.26
Toyama’s SUKIYAKI Festival Launches Spin-off Events in Tokyo
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DAMONS YEAR Wants You to Fall Apart Instead of Pretending You’re Fine
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EVENTS
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2026.7.11
Future Frequencies Festival Debuts in Tokyo with Joy Orbison, KNOWER, and Nosaj Thing
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2026.7.4
Taeko Ohnuki Brings “Peter and Friends 2026” Tour to Osaka Tokyo and Fukuoka
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2026.7.3
Fender Opens Standalone Cafe in Tokyo’s Shimokitazawa
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2026.6.10
Major Picasso Exhibition Curated by Paul Smith Arrives in Tokyo in June 2026
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2026.5.6
kanekoayano Announces 2026 World Tour Across Australia, Europe and Japan
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2026.4.18
ULTRAMAN EXHIBITION Brings Six Decades of Heroes to Osaka, Fukuoka, and Yokohama in 2026
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2026.1.16
Step Inside “Squid Game”: Immersive Experience Opens in Shibuya Jan 2026
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YOASOBI and UT Reunite for First Collaboration in Five Years
Charli XCX’s the moment Announces Tokyo Pop Up Ahead of Japan Release
TAKANAWA GATEWAY CITY and Sónar Reveal Full Lineup for New Music and Art Festival
Zara Larsson Announces First Ever Japan Show: Ticket Details and Everything You Need to Know