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2025.4.12
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2025.2.12
“Dancing SENTO” Silent DJ Event Returns to Asakusa’s Hinodeyu
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Yuki Chiba’s Budokan Show Pre-Sale Tickets Now Open, Director’s Cut of Matsuko Deluxe Collaboration Program Released
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2025.3.8
never young beach to Celebrate 10th Anniversary with Nationwide Tour in March
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2025.7.25
FUJI ROCK FESTIVAL Announces 2025 Dates: July 25–27
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2025.3.1
YOGEE NEW WAVES to Embark on Nationwide Solo Tour
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2025.4.12
Aimyon Expands “Dolphin Apartment” Tour to Six Cities, Featuring Taipei and Seoul
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KID FRESINO Stars in Sapporo Beer’s “Hakone Ekiden Original CM” and Writes New Track
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2025.2.6
“exPoP!!!!! Chuo Line Special” Free Event Unveils Five Performers in Ogikubo
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2025.2.8
BEAMS to Host All-Night “BE FES!!” with CHO CO PA CO CHO CO QUIN QUIN and kanekoayano
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2025.8.16
SUMMER SONIC 2025: Official Dates Confirmed Following 2024 Milestone
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2025.5.23
GREENROOM FESTIVAL Celebrates 20th Anniversary with Kamasi Washington and Jacob Collier
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2024.12.31
Liquidroom Unveils Final Lineup for New Year’s Eve Event with 26 More Artists Added
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2025.3.29
Satoko Shibata to Launch First Edition of Hosted Event “Arigatou” with Pasocom Music Club as Guest
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2025.4.16
toe Announces 2025 Asia Tour to Celebrate 25th Anniversary
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Shota Aratani Drops EP with Four Versions of “Focus,” Unveils TOSHIKI HAYASHI (%C) Remix MV
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Misaki Umei and Fuki Kitamura Launch New Unit “°pbdb”; Debut Single qpqd Out Now
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2024.12.20
exPoP!!!!! December Lineup: Haruko Oishi, E.scene, Honoka, and Eminata to Perform with Free Entry
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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
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Calling Out From Somewhere in the Fog: Shintaro Sakamoto’s “Yoo-hoo”
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Takuro Okada on the Making of konoma: Between Minimalism, Jazz, and Cross-Cultural Dialogue
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The Japanese Band That Counts Fans, Not Streams: LOSTAGE Explained
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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