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2024.11.22
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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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2025.1.4
Tokyo’s “rockinʼon sonic” Adds St. Vincent, Jimmy Eat World, LUVCAT, and Death Cab for Cutie
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2025.2.6
Maroon 5 Announces 3-Day Tokyo Dome Residency in February 2025 During Asia Tour
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2024.9.7
BUMP OF CHICKEN’s Tour Debut in Saitama Pulls in a Massive Crowd of 66,000 at Belluna Dome
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2024.9.21
Fukuoka’s BAYSIDE FESTIVAL 2024 to Feature Yasuyuki Horigome, Summer Eye, and More
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2024.10.19
DEFOAMAT Unveils Third Lineup – VIDEOTAPEMUSIC Set to Perform
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2024.10.18
NCT’s Taeyong Hits the Big Screen with Solo Concert Film TAEYONG
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2024.10.29
Shintaro Sakamoto and claire rousay Announced for FESTIVAL de FRUE 2024 Lineup
RECOMMEND
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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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2026.3.14
GEZAN Announces First Ever Nippon Budokan Show in Spring 2026
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2026.3.14
Ikimonogakari Announce First Festival with Noriyuki Makihara, Sukima Switch, and Mone Kamishiraishi
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#FASHION
2026.3.14
YOASOBI Unveils ASICS SportStyle Collaboration and Campaign Film
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2026.3.17
Ringo Sheena Returns to the Stage Nationwide Spring 2026
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2026.3.17
New Multi-Venue Event ”UNDERCITY” Takes Over Ebisu LIQUIDROOM Complex This March
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2026.3.17
Tokyo’s New Music Event UNDERCITY Reveals Second Lineup in Ebisu
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2026.3.19
Spotify Japan Reveals Early Noise 2026 Lineup, Live Event Also Confirmed
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2026.3.5
STUTS to Hit Fukuoka, Nagoya, Osaka, and Tokyo on 2026 Tour
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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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