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2025.9.17
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2025.4.5
SYNCHRONICITY Presents ASIAN KUNG-FU GENERATION × CHILI BEANS. and GEZAN × OGRE YOU ASSHOLE
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2025.5.13
LAGWAGON Returns to Japan for Five Shows in May
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2025.3.8
never young beach’s 10th Anniversary Tour Adds Extra Tokyo Show and Opens Standing Area in Osaka
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2025.6.8
YOASOBI Adds Second London Show at Wembley Arena Due to High Demand
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2025.3.26
Van Dyke Parks Returns to Japan After 12 Years for Two Shows at Billboard Live Tokyo
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2025.5.24
the telephones Announce 20th Anniversary Show with 2005 Yen Tickets
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2025.5.23
Mori, Michi, Ichiba 2025 Announces First Performers: OKAMOTO’S, Yuta Orisaka, NOT WONK, and More
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2025.5.17
TOKYO Sekai Announces First Solo Concert at Shibuya WWW X in May
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2025.5.31
Hibiya Music Festival Announces First Wave of Artists: Kenji Ozawa, imase, Kiyoshi Hikawa + KIINA, and More
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2025.5.24
POP YOURS Adds Benjazzy, eyden, and MIKADO to Lineup; Second Ticket Pre-Sale Begins
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Takashi Murakami and JP THE WAVY’s MNNK Bro. Release New Song in Honor of Louis Vuitton Collaboration
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2025.4.29
JAPAN JAM 2025 Adds 36 Artists Including imase, Mega Shinnosuke, Yurina Hirate, and FRUITS ZIPPER
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2025.5.22
DYGL Announces Japan Tour & Releases New Song with Live Video
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Shuta Hasunuma Drops Poetry Reading Piece “Heaven” Ahead of New EP Release
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2025.4.18
Rainbow Disco Club Unveils 18-Artist Lineup, Including Gilles Peterson and Kode9
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2025.7.3
Yuki Chiba’s New Song “Budokan” Released
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2025.5.3
Satoko Shibata and Kaneko Ayano to Co-Headline Band Set Show
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Ryuichi Sakamoto’s Final Years: A Documentary-Trained Director Reflects on the Film
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mei ehara on “All About McGuffin”: Embracing Doubt, Struggle, and Self-Reflection
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EVENTS
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2025.12.21
Aomori’s SWALLOW Announces Tokyo Debut Solo Show
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2025.12.23
Hi-STANDARD Announces “Screaming Newborn Baby Tour” Across Japan, Closing at K-Arena
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2025.12.26
Shintaro Sakamoto Drops New Track “Dear Granpa” and Announces Year-End Solo Show
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2025.12.26
NiEW’s Monthly Free Music Showcase Returns to Shibuya This Dec With Indie and Alt Sounds
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2025.12.20
Capcom’s Major Retrospective in Tokyo This Winter, Featuring Newly Revealed Concept Art
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2025.12.19
D.A.N. Announces Solo Shows “Microsound 2.0” in Tokyo and Osaka
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2025.12.19
Hoon’s Independent Series to Feature Dos Monos and Yuta Orisaka (band)
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2025.12.19
Haruomi Hosono Pop Up “Hosono Record House” Opens in Jimbocho This Winter
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2025.12.13
Tele Announces Nationwide Tour Starting in December with 13 Shows Across 9 Cities
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2025.12.12
Cannes Directors’ Fortnight in Tokyo 2025 Comes to Shibuya with Kokuho and More
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Haruomi Hosono Pop Up “Hosono Record House” Opens in Jimbocho This Winter
Powerpuff Girls Pop-up Store at MIYASHITA PARK in Shibuya
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