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2024.11.3
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Oita’s The Holdens Drop First Album ‘RAIMUGI’ via NEWFOLK This October
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Tatsuya Kitani and Natori’s Debut Duet Powers Up ‘Rurouni Kenshin’ as October’s OP Theme
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2025.1.8
tricot Announces Debut China Tour and New OP Theme for Anime ‘You Are Ms. Servant’
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2025.3.1
Kygo Sets Stage for Long-Awaited Solo Japan Return After 7 Years
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Keiichi Sokabe Drops Dual Live Albums, “Sentimental Summer” Captured on iPhone
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Kenshi Yonezu’s 2023 Tour Takes Center Stage Worldwide: Screening Locations Revealed
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2024.11.22
‘Back to Black’: First Look at Amy Winehouse Biopic Reveals Teaser and Poster
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2025.1.25
FUKUOKA MUSIC FES.2025 Kicks Off with Star-Studded Lineup Including [Alexandros] and Creepy Nuts
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MTV VMAs Crown Megan Thee Stallion and Yuki Chiba
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Taiwan’s Golden Indie Music Awards Returns for Its 15th Year, Spotlighting Asia’s Indie Scene
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Sony Launches Echoes: A New Era for YOASOBI, MAISONdes, and Emerging Talents
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2025.3.1
Tele Drops Music Video for “Hōtai,” the End Theme of “Baby Assassins Everyday!”
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2024.11.1
Experience Music Like Never Before at MUUUSE with YOASOBI, THE YELLOW MONKEY, and More
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Hibiya Music Festival 2025: The Grand Finale at the Historic Open-Air Stage Before Its Transformation
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CreepHyp Unveils Long-Awaited Album Title & Gears Up for Biggest National Tour Yet
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2024.10.27
Kindergarten Transformed for October’s “Black Nerd Fest”—Catch Makoto Kawamoto, NON BAND and More
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WONK Returns with “Shades of”—First Album in Two Years Featuring Toshinobu Kubota
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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
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LiSA Marks Her 15th Anniversary With a New Album and Major 2026 Asia Tour