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2024.7.15
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Ginger Root Announces 3rd Album for September, with Lead Single & MV Premiere
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2024.8.12
EPISTROPH Presents Debut Collaboration: WONK × cero for August
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2024.8.21
UK.PROJECT’s Summer Event Adds Helsinki Lambda Club, POLYSICS, and the telephones
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2024.6.23
Black Boboi’s Label BINDIVIDUAL Releases Artists Compilation EP
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2024.7.8
JJJ Announces First Solo Tour in July
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2024.5.25
SPARTA LOCALS, Carnation, and SACOYANS Join Yanushi’s Tour
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Ako（a子） Drops “GENE” Album with Unveiled Artwork, Includes “SXSW” Footage
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Lady Gaga’s “GAGA CHROMATICA BALL” Arrives on U-NEXT: Her Self-Directed Concert Film
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Official Report Released for ‘POP YOURS 2024’ Featuring Headliners LEX and Tohji
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2024.8.2
xiexie Pre-Releases “my time” from Debut Album, Announces Tour and In-Store Events
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2024.7.6
Sam Gendel and HAPPY Join Third Round of Performers for FESTIVAL FRUEZINHO in Tachikawa
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2024.9.7
CreativeDrugStore Marks Hibiya Open Air Concert Hall Debut in September
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2024.7.6
aespa Releases Japan Debut Single “Hot Mess” in July
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2024.7.13
Sakanaction, Denki Groove, and TESTSET Join LIQUIDROOM’s 20th Anniversary Concert Lineup
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Summer Eye Releases “Daikichi Deluxe Edition” with Remixes by Torei, Cwondo, and More
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2025.2.2
Tohji Announces Arena Show for February 2025 at “POP YOURS”
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2024.6.8
Kyoto’s “Ear’s Day” Celebrates Sound Amid Temple Gardens: Yufuko Ikema, Le Makeup, and Others Take the Stage
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Fujii Kaze’s “Prema” Looks Outward, Recasting J-Pop for a Global Stage
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Ichiko Aoba’s Luminescent Creatures: The Enchanted Traditions of Isolated Hateruma
Hajime Oishi
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Ryuichi Sakamoto’s Final Years: A Documentary-Trained Director Reflects on the Film
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mei ehara on “All About McGuffin”: Embracing Doubt, Struggle, and Self-Reflection
Jin Otabe
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rubens on “MELT”: Capturing Life, Loss, and Everyday Beauty in Music
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Inside “The Last Blossom”: Voice Actors on Love, Loss, and Life
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EVENTS
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2026.1.15
kanekoayano Announces Debut Nippon Budokan Concert for January 2026
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2026.1.16
“Look Back” Anime Exhibit Explores the Making from Manga to Film
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2026.1.16
Step Inside “Squid Game”: Immersive Experience Opens in Shibuya Jan 2026
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2026.1.20
Men I Trust Announces 2026 Japan Tour with Mei Simones
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2026.1.10
Haruki Murakami’s “Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World” Stage Play to Tour the UK, France, China, and Singapore
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2026.1.7
Interactive nostalgia! The “30th Anniversary Tamagotchi Grand Exhibition” Lands in Roppongi
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2025.12.23
Hi-STANDARD Announces “Screaming Newborn Baby Tour” Across Japan, Closing at K-Arena
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2025.12.20
Capcom’s Major Retrospective in Tokyo This Winter, Featuring Newly Revealed Concept Art
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2025.12.19
Hoon’s Independent Series to Feature Dos Monos and Yuta Orisaka (band)
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2025.12.19
Haruomi Hosono Pop Up “Hosono Record House” Opens in Jimbocho This Winter
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Haruomi Hosono Pop Up “Hosono Record House” Opens in Jimbocho This Winter
BLACKPINK Launches Exclusive Jerseys With Tokyo Pro Teams Giants, FC Tokyo, Sunrockers
Step Inside “Squid Game”: Immersive Experience Opens in Shibuya Jan 2026
LiSA Marks Her 15th Anniversary With a New Album and Major 2026 Asia Tour