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Pot-pourri Unveils Pre-Release Track “Paradis” from Upcoming Album Eraser, Pencil
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2025.2.8
DIG SHIBUYA Unveils Second Round of Official Programs, Including Drone Show Above Shibuya
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2025.3.16
Former GINNAN BOYZ’s Nakamura Brings Music to Suo-Oshima with Theater Purchase
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2025.6.21
YATSUI FESTIVAL! 2025 to Return with Sunny Day Service, Sohei Oyamada, and 20 Other Acts in First Wave
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2025.5.31
The Chemical Brothers to Headline Makuhari’s First-Ever ‘THE BEACH 2025’ Festival
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2025.4.22
BE:FIRST Reveals 15-City World Tour in North America, Europe, and Asia
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2025.4.29
JAPAN JAM 2025 Reveals 29-Artist First Lineup Including Creepy Nuts, LANA, and NiziU
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2025.3.22
ROTH BART BARON’s Tour Finale to Feature Shunji Iwai’s Visual Direction, Granting Masaya Mifune’s Longtime Wish
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Kenshi Yonezu Unveils “Plazma” Music Video, Gundam’s Latest Theme Song
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2025.5.24
POP YOURS Set for May in Makuhari; First Round of Performers Revealed on YouTube
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ONE OK ROCK’s New Track “Puppets Can’t Control You” Chosen as Theme for “Mikami Sensei”
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2025.1.25
Kafu’s Alternate Persona Kaika to Hold First Livestream Concert on YouTube
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2025.3.9
Kaho Nakamura and Yuta Orisaka Announce March Show at Misono Universe in Osaka
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2025.5.31
FUJI & SUN ’25’ Announces First Lineup: Naotaro Moriyama, Satoko Shibata, Yuta Orisaka and More
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2025.5.3
VIVA LA ROCK 2025: Third Lineup Revealed, Featuring SKY-HI, Creepy Nuts, Tele, and WurtS
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2025.1.17
Kenshi Yonezu Reveals Original Cover Jacket for Gundam’s Latest Theme Song “Plazma”
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2025.2.7
Helsinki Lambda Club Announces First Asia Tour, with Stops in Thailand and Taiwan in February
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Ghost and the Shell: A Bold Tokyo Exhibition That Dares to Dig Deeper
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Taking Taiwan Indie Global: Emerge Music’s Nuno on Asia’s Music Alliance
Atsutake Kaneko
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Calling Out From Somewhere in the Fog: Shintaro Sakamoto’s “Yoo-hoo”
Ryohei Matsunaga
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Takuro Okada on the Making of konoma: Between Minimalism, Jazz, and Cross-Cultural Dialogue
Yuji Shibasaki
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The Japanese Band That Counts Fans, Not Streams: LOSTAGE Explained
Shoichi Yamamoto
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Laura day romance on “Nemuru”: A Two-Part Journey Through “Walls” and “Bridges”
Fumiaki Amano
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EVENTS
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2026.2.19
PinkPantheress Celebrates Japan Debut with Four Day Tokyo Pop Up
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2026.2.20
Cannes Winner “Sentimental Value” to Hit Japanese Theaters Joachim Trier’s Latest Film
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2026.2.21
Evangelion Marks 30 Years with Special Event at Yokohama Arena
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2026.2.23
Celebrate 30 Years of “Evangelion” with This One-of-a-Kind Kabuki Performance
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2026.2.24
Korean Artist Parannoul Joins New ”QUATTRO Alternative” Series for First-Ever Japan Show
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2026.2.18
Wet Leg Announce Japan Tour for February 2026 with Second Album in Tow
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2026.2.16
Mac DeMarco Announces Japan Tour for February 2026
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2026.2.16
Mac DeMarco Adds Extra Japan Tour Dates
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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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Vermeer’s ”Girl with a Pearl Earring” Comes to Osaka for a Rare Limited Time Exhibition
Thundercat Announces New Album ”Distracted” and Four-Date Japan Tour This May
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