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2024.7.12
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INI’s Latest Track Selected as Opening Theme for Anime Touken Ranbu Kai: Kyoden Moyuru Honnouji
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2024.7.26
Fuji Rock Unveils Third Lineup: SZA, BETH GIBBONS and More
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Ayano Kaneko, Miso Extra, and More: The Great Escape Festival Lineup Unveiled
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7-inch Vinyl Release: Ruka’s Shintaro Sakamoto and Seiichi Yamamoto Collaborative Single, with Meitei Remix
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2024.6.23
NYC’s Body&SOUL Event Returns to Japan in June
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2024.8.17
Summer Sonic Unveils Second Wave Lineup: Lil Yachty, Gen Hoshino, Vaundy, and More with Daily Schedules
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Ryuichi Sakamoto’s Performances at NHK Hall in the 1980s to Air in 4K Remastered Version
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2024.5.12
Chiba’s GROOVETUBE FES. ’24 Welcomes Sunny Day and Summer Eye and More
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Hosono House Cover Series Features Yuma Abe’s ‘Fuyu Goe’
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NHK’s tiny desk concerts JAPAN to Feature Fujii Kaze on March 16th
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Yuki Chiba Drops “Team Friends” Remix Featuring Young Coco and Jin Dogg
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2024.5.30
Fujii Kaze’s Upcoming Single “Michiteyuku” Release Date Confirmed, Alongside Shows in New York, Los Angeles, and Nissan Stadium
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2024.3.23
Takkyu Ishino, Shinichi Osawa, KEN ISHII, and Yoshinori Sunahara to Headline SOUNDGATE
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2024.4.23
Tohji Announces ‘2024 S/S TOUR,’ Performing in Five European and American Cities
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‘Demon Slayer: Hashira Training Arc’ TV Anime to Debut in Japan this May
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2024.3.22
downt’s Album Release Tour to Feature Honoka, Texas 3000, and Qoodow in Tokyo, Nagoya, Osaka
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2024.6.11
ZutoMayo Extends Global Reach: Hong Kong and Korea Performances Confirmed, Following Taiwan and Shanghai Shows
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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
“Kyoto Student Kyoso Festival” at Kumano Dorm Welcomes Lovely Summer-chan and Texas3000
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2025.8.9
cero’s Summer Event Traffic Returns to Shibuya this August
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2025.8.13
Ichiko Aoba Announces Band Set Shows and 2026 Spring Show at London’s Royal Albert Hall
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2025.8.14
Toyota, Aichi’s Annual Summer Dance Celebration Announces 16 New Performers
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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
Denki Groove Joins the 3rd Lineup for SONICMANIA
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2025.8.15
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