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2024.12.26
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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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2025.1.25
Sakanaction Announces Nationwide Hall Tour “Kaiju” for 2025
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Haruko Oishi to Release New Singles “Satin Moon” and “Things”
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2024.10.26
MIND TRAVEL Festival at Tokyu Kabukicho Tower Reveals Final Performers and Timetable
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2024.11.15
Shibuya PARCO Celebrates 5th Anniversary Since Its Renewal with ZAZEN BOYS, Perfume’s A-chan and More
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2024.12.7
Yoyogi-Uehara’s DELTA Hosts 20th Anniversary Fest with Hakushi Hasegawa, Kaho Nakamura, and More
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Ghost and the Shell: A Bold Tokyo Exhibition That Dares to Dig Deeper
Mika Kosugi
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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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2026.2.20
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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2026.2.27
NiEW’s Monthly exPoP!!!!! Returns This February to Spotlight Emerging Artists
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2026.2.19
PinkPantheress Celebrates Japan Debut with Four Day Tokyo Pop Up
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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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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