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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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Atarashii Gakko! First Full Album in Five Years Set for Release on 88rising
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Ghost and the Shell: A Bold Tokyo Exhibition That Dares to Dig Deeper
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Taking Taiwan Indie Global: Emerge Music’s Nuno on Asia’s Music Alliance
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Calling Out From Somewhere in the Fog: Shintaro Sakamoto’s “Yoo-hoo”
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Takuro Okada on the Making of konoma: Between Minimalism, Jazz, and Cross-Cultural Dialogue
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The Japanese Band That Counts Fans, Not Streams: LOSTAGE Explained
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2026.2.20
Cannes Winner “Sentimental Value” to Hit Japanese Theaters Joachim Trier’s Latest Film
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2026.2.21
Evangelion Marks 30 Years with Special Event at Yokohama Arena
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2026.2.23
Celebrate 30 Years of “Evangelion” with This One-of-a-Kind Kabuki Performance
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2026.2.24
Korean Artist Parannoul Joins New ”QUATTRO Alternative” Series for First-Ever Japan Show
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2026.2.27
NiEW’s Monthly exPoP!!!!! Returns This February to Spotlight Emerging Artists
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2026.2.19
PinkPantheress Celebrates Japan Debut with Four Day Tokyo Pop Up
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2026.2.18
Wet Leg Announce Japan Tour for February 2026 with Second Album in Tow
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2026.2.16
Mac DeMarco Announces Japan Tour for February 2026
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2026.2.16
Mac DeMarco Adds Extra Japan Tour Dates
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2026.2.11
Tate Britain Brings 1990s UK Art Retrospective to Tokyo
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