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RECENT
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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
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2024.10.2
Korean Alternative Band Off the Menu Scheduled for October Show in Shibuya
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2024.10.13
Aichi’s “WIRED MUSIC FESTIVAL” Final Reveal: CHICO CARLITO, Guca Owl, and Watson
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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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2026.6.26
TAKANAWA GATEWAY CITY and Sónar Reveal Full Lineup for New Music and Art Festival
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2026.6.10
Major Picasso Exhibition Curated by Paul Smith Arrives in Tokyo in June 2026
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2026.5.6
kanekoayano Announces 2026 World Tour Across Australia, Europe and Japan
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2026.4.18
ULTRAMAN EXHIBITION Brings Six Decades of Heroes to Osaka, Fukuoka, and Yokohama in 2026
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2026.1.16
Step Inside “Squid Game”: Immersive Experience Opens in Shibuya Jan 2026
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YOASOBI and UT Reunite for First Collaboration in Five Years
Charli XCX’s the moment Announces Tokyo Pop Up Ahead of Japan Release
TAKANAWA GATEWAY CITY and Sónar Reveal Full Lineup for New Music and Art Festival
Zara Larsson Announces First Ever Japan Show: Ticket Details and Everything You Need to Know