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RECENT
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2024.5.18
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Okinawa-based Trio HOME Drops Latest Single “Plastic Romance”
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2024.8.17
Summer Sonic Unveils Fifth Wave Lineup: RIIZE, PUNPEE, LANA, STUTS, Neva-Yan, and More
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2024.6.26
NewJeans Announces Collaboration with Hiroshi Fujiwara Ahead of June Japan Debut
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Keiichi Tanaami Exhibition at Azabudai Hills to Feature Collaborative Art Prints with Fujio Akatsuka
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2024.5.31
NiEW’s Monthly Free Event exPoP!!!!! to Showcase Akihisa Kitazato, Yutai Communications, Ålborg, and Yama Futatsu
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2024.6.16
Sisters In The Velvet Announces Lead Single from Debut Album alongside Solo Show in June
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2024.9.27
Olivia Rodrigo Makes Japan Debut with Exclusive One-Night Show at Ariake Arena in September
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2024.5.26
Tokyo-based Collective LOSS Hosts Psychedelic Event with Hong Kong’s Virgin Vacation and More
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2024.8.24
Fujii Kaze Announces Details for Largest-Ever Nissan Stadium Two-Day Shows
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2024.7.27
Odaiba Welcomes Debut of “XD World Music Festival” in July, Reveals First Lineup of 12 Acts
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2024.6.7
Prince’s ‘Mr. Nelson on the North Side’ Unveils New Trailer
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Hakushi Hasegawa Announces Debut Album on Brainfeeder with Lead Single
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2024.8.4
GEZAN Announces 15th Anniversary Solo Show at Hibiya Open-Air Concert Hall in August
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2024.5.11
LA’s “UNDER A TREE” Music Event Takes Place at Kanazawa’s 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art
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2024.7.13
Ibaraki’s LuckyFes Unveils Fourth Wave of Performers: Crowd Lu from Taiwan and More
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2024.10.16
Overmono Announces Solo Japan Tour Performing in Tokyo and Osaka
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Shota Aratani’s Second Single “Aikotoba” Release Confirmed, Described as “A Song Dedicated to Lonely Souls”
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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
Shoichiro Kotetsu
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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
Fumiaki Amano
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Inside “The Last Blossom”: Voice Actors on Love, Loss, and Life
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EVENTS
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2025.12.23
Hi-STANDARD Announces “Screaming Newborn Baby Tour” Across Japan, Closing at K-Arena
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2025.12.26
Shintaro Sakamoto Drops New Track “Dear Granpa” and Announces Year-End Solo Show
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2025.12.26
NiEW’s Monthly Free Music Showcase Returns to Shibuya This Dec With Indie and Alt Sounds
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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
D.A.N. Announces Solo Shows “Microsound 2.0” in Tokyo and Osaka
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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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2025.12.13
Tele Announces Nationwide Tour Starting in December with 13 Shows Across 9 Cities
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2025.12.12
Cannes Directors’ Fortnight in Tokyo 2025 Comes to Shibuya with Kokuho and More
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2025.12.12
Photographer Mikako Kozai, Known for Capturing Ayano Kaneko, Opens Solo Show in Hatsudai
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Haruomi Hosono Pop Up “Hosono Record House” Opens in Jimbocho This Winter
Powerpuff Girls Pop-up Store at MIYASHITA PARK in Shibuya
Shibuya’s Indie Night: Rol3ert, 烏兎-uto-, BabyCanta & Johnnivan at exPoP!!!!! Vol.178
Mads Mikkelsen Marks 60th Birthday at Tokyo Comic Con 2025 with Four Guests Revealed