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2026.1.4
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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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2025.9.14
‘The Last Blossom’ to Hold All-Standing Preview Screening at Spotify O-EAST
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2026.2.16
ZORN and OZROSAURUS Team Up for Family Day Live at Nippon Budokan
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Daiki Tsuneta Drops New Track Honoring Bottega Veneta and Legendary Comedian Tamori
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2025.8.15
Berlin Speaker Brand Hosts Daikanyama Event Exploring “New Ways of Living with Music”
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2025.9.27
Blue Note JAZZ FESTIVAL in JAPAN 2025: TAKE6, Tower of Power, and More Join the Lineup
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Taifu Club Announces 7-Inch Vinyl “Kyoto-shi Minami-ku” and Releases Documentary Teaser
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2025.11.9
“exPoP!!!!! Reunion 2025” Reveals 3rd Lineup with 12 Artists, Including Dos Monos and More
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2025.9.21
SUSHIBOYS Announce Solo Tour with Four Shows
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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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2025.9.23
STUTS Adds Guests for Arena Show: BIM, DJ FUMIYA, RYO-Z, and Schadaraparr
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2025.9.23
Hokkaido’s “FAHDAY” Unveils Second Wave of Acts Including Quruli and Saho Terao
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2025.9.23
Tomakomai’s FAHDAY Reveals Third Lineup Featuring Ohzora Kimijima, CAR10, and More
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2025.9.23
Tomakomai’s FAHDAY Expands Lineup with Odottebakari no Kuni and Yuransen
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2025.9.24
ODD Foot Works Drops New Single “NO NAME DANCE,” Solo Show Planned at Shibuya WWW
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2025.9.25
Shibuya’s WWW Marks 15th Anniversary with First Project “Suchmos × LEX”
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2025.9.25
LE SSERAFIM Pop-Up Café Opens with Special Live Photo Displays
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2025.9.26
‘BECOMING LED ZEPPELIN’ Japan Release Date Announced: Band’s First Official Documentary
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