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2024.11.1
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2024.11.7
Art Week Tokyo Teams Up with Koshiro Hino and Manami Kakudo for a Special AWT BAR
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2024.11.29
NiEW’s Free Admission Event ‘exPoP!!!!!’ Returns to Shibuya’s O-nest This November
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2024.11.29
DIR EN GREY Collaborates on Trailer for U.S. Number One Horror Film ‘Terrifier 3’
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2025.4.26
Ado to Kick Off “Hibana” World Tour, Anticipating 500,000 Attendees Across 33 Global Cities
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2024.12.26
Takkyu Ishino’s Hell Onsen 2024 Set to Take Place, Attendees to Receive Silica Gel Gifts
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Multinational Trio Johnnivan Announces November Release for Third Album Swimmer
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2024.11.29
Murabanku Drops “Oume Kaido” on Streaming; Skirt Confirmed for Self-Produced Event
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2024.12.12
Yuma Abe Announces Japan-U.S. Tour Alongside Release of Hotel New Yuma Album
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Live-Action “Oshi no Ko” Drama Features Theme Songs by My First Story, I’s, and More
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2025.1.27
Otoboke Beaver Joins UK Band IDLES for Upcoming Tokyo Show
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2025.2.2
Neko Sen’s “Cat Day Live” to Return in Kobe and Tokyo with Special Support Lineup
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2025.4.12
Shibuya Spring Festival “SYNCHRONICITY ’25” Unveils First Lineup with 12 Acts
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Yanushi Releases First Solo Concert Video & Yakob Tanaka Drops Double Solo Album
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New International Music Awards “MUSIC AWARDS JAPAN” Launched
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2025.4.4
Yuta Orisaka Announces Hall Concerts in Tokyo and Osaka with His Largest Ensemble
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2024.10.26
‘SENSE ISLAND/LAND’: A 51-Day Art Festival in Yokosuka’s Uninhabited Island and Urban Areas
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Lumine Ogikubo’s “Chuo Line Art Encounter” Calls for Musicians in Exciting “exPoP!!!!!” Collaboration
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Fujii Kaze’s “Prema” Looks Outward, Recasting J-Pop for a Global Stage
Kotaro Kikuchi
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Ichiko Aoba’s Luminescent Creatures: The Enchanted Traditions of Isolated Hateruma
Hajime Oishi
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Ryuichi Sakamoto’s Final Years: A Documentary-Trained Director Reflects on the Film
Shoichiro Kotetsu
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mei ehara on “All About McGuffin”: Embracing Doubt, Struggle, and Self-Reflection
Jin Otabe
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rubens on “MELT”: Capturing Life, Loss, and Everyday Beauty in Music
Fumiaki Amano
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Inside “The Last Blossom”: Voice Actors on Love, Loss, and Life
Koji Harie
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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
Shibuya’s Indie Night: Rol3ert, 烏兎-uto-, BabyCanta & Johnnivan at exPoP!!!!! Vol.178
Mads Mikkelsen Marks 60th Birthday at Tokyo Comic Con 2025 with Four Guests Revealed