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2025.7.24
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2025.6.28
kanekoayano Releases Debut Album “Ishi no Ito”
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2025.6.28
Ayaka Wada’s New Song “ELLE” in French Unveils Music Video
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2025.5.31
Final Acts Revealed for FUJI & SUN Festival in Fuji City
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2025.4.25
Free Event exPoP!!!!! April to Feature xiangyu, Doul, Yasashii Mirai, and Cosmic Mauve
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TAIKING Drops New Music Video Featuring Satoshi Fujiwara of Official Hige Dandism
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kanekoayano to Stream Live Concert on YouTube, Followed by Interview Footage
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2025.5.21
QURULI, STRAIGHTENER, and Gokumon to Perform with Asian Bands in Kyoto
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2026.2.4
my bloody valentine to Return to Japan in February 2026
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2025.10.11
Quruli Announces Kyoto Music Expo 2025 for October, Pre-Sale Tickets Now Available
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2025.12.13
Tele Announces Solo Concert at Makuhari Messe in December
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Kayoko Yoshizawa Celebrates 11th Anniversary with New Song “Memory” and Nationwide Tour
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2025.5.31
MURA MASA, 250, MELTMODE Join Final Lineup for THE BEACH 2025 at Makuhari Beach
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2025.4.28
Kyoto Metro Hosts “FRICTION P” with Imai, Kenmochi Hidefumi, E.O.U, Le Makeup and More
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2025.5.17
Sapporo’s THE JUSTICE Music Festival Brings Together 60 Acts This May
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Okinawan Band HOME Releases “city punk,” Reveals Tour Dates Across Japan
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2026.6.26
TAKANAWA GATEWAY CITY and Sónar Reveal Full Lineup for New Music and Art Festival
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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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2026.5.5
Shintaro Sakamoto Announces Nationwide Yoo-hoo Tour for 2026
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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
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