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2024.4.10
Hikaru Utada Announces Online Listening Party and Exclusive Four-Day Popup Store
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2025.1.25
British Band IDLES Announces Headline Japan Shows After Latest Album Tops UK Chart
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2024.4.6
RADWIMPS Releases Live Concert Footage and Audio Recordings Featuring Collaborations with ZORN, Toaka, and ao
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2024.4.12
ralph, Kaneee, and CCS Records Join Fukuoka Collective Lit’s 3rd Anniversary Event
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2024.6.8
Hinatazaka46 and The BONEZ Join Final Roster of Iwate’s CHAGU CHAGU ROCK FESTIVAL 2024
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2024.7.26
Fuji Rock Adds Awich, Quruli, KING KRULE, and More
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2024.4.6
Suntory Hall Hosts ‘Open House’ Event, Offering Free Admission and Stage Access
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2024.7.2
Peanuts Kun Set to Release 4th Album in June, Alongside Four-City Zepp Tour Across Japan
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2024.5.23
Double-headline Show by Jim O’Rourke × Eiko Ishibashi and ermhoi with the Attention Please Set for May
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Mos Burger Unveils MOS RECORDS, Aiming to Spotlight Talent from Store Staff
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2024.4.9
Waseda University’s Waseda Music Records to Host Music Event “pulp” Embracing Early Midsummer Vibes in April
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2024.4.23
Tohji Announces World Tour Details: Three North American Shows with SEBii and Alice Longyu Gao
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2024.6.15
Dos Monos Announces Second Chapter as a Trio New Album “Dos Atomos” to Drop in May
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“YouTube Music AI Incubator” Launched in Japan for Coexisting Future of Music and AI
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Alternative Crew S.A.R. Drops First Full Album
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2025.8.8
Jurassic World Rebirth to Hit Japanese Theaters This August
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2025.8.8
Queen Bee Announces August 8 Solo Show and Adds Shanghai Date to Tour
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2025.8.8
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2025.8.9
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2025.8.13
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2025.8.14
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2025.8.15
SONICMANIA Reveals First Lineup: The Prodigy, Gesaffelstein, Floating Points, Tohji
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2025.8.15
SONICMANIA Announces Second Wave of Artists: Perfume, KIKUO, MFS, and Minna-no-Kimochi
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2025.8.15
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2025.8.15
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