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2025.12.26
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Fender × Godzilla: A New Collaboration Collection Where the Guitar Roars and Glows
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GEZAN with Million Wish Collective Drop “i ai e.p.” with a Remix by COMPUMA
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Japanese-Australian Singer Nikki Azura Releases Hopeful New Track “You”
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2025.10.8
Hitsujibungaku Brings Album Art and Exclusive Photos to Three Tsutaya Stores Across Japan
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2025.12.23
Hi-STANDARD Announces “Screaming Newborn Baby Tour” Across Japan, Closing at K-Arena
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2025.10.18
Full Schedule Released for “TAMATAMA FESTIVAL 2025” in Tama City
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Yuki Chiba Unveils “Shiawasettenani?” Through Warner
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Chanmina & HANA Star in New BODYMAINTÉ Commercial from Pocari Sweat Company with Exclusive Campaign Cards
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Ex-CHAI Twins MANA & KANA Relaunch as OKAME with Debut Single “Okashina Kimochi”
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Hitsujibungaku’s Moeka Shiotsuka’s Signature Guitar Debuts from Fender
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2025.11.1
“Sai Sei Sei 2025” Urban Environmental Music Event Set for Tokyo’s GREEN WISE Botanical Greenhouse
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HANA Strikes with Empowering New Track “My Body”
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2025.11.9
NiEW’s “exPoP!!!!! Reunion 2025” Adds GEZAN, Fuyumi Abe, and Texas 3000, Reveals Timetable
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2025.12.19
Hoon’s Independent Series to Feature Dos Monos and Yuta Orisaka (band)
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Perfume’s Fashion Through the Years: Exhibition Wraps Up in Yokohama
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HANA, Number_i, BE:FIRST Join Lineup for MUSIC EXPO LIVE 2025 at Tokyo Dome
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Anime SPY×FAMILY Taps Spitz for Season 3 Opening Theme
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Ghost and the Shell: A Bold Tokyo Exhibition That Dares to Dig Deeper
Mika Kosugi
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Taking Taiwan Indie Global: Emerge Music’s Nuno on Asia’s Music Alliance
Atsutake Kaneko
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Calling Out From Somewhere in the Fog: Shintaro Sakamoto’s “Yoo-hoo”
Ryohei Matsunaga
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Takuro Okada on the Making of konoma: Between Minimalism, Jazz, and Cross-Cultural Dialogue
Yuji Shibasaki
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The Japanese Band That Counts Fans, Not Streams: LOSTAGE Explained
Shoichi Yamamoto
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Laura day romance on “Nemuru”: A Two-Part Journey Through “Walls” and “Bridges”
Fumiaki Amano
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EVENTS
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2026.2.19
PinkPantheress Celebrates Japan Debut with Four Day Tokyo Pop Up
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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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2026.2.18
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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2026.2.7
Vaundy Announces Major Dome Tour, Breaks Record as Youngest Solo Artist to Headline
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Vermeer’s ”Girl with a Pearl Earring” Comes to Osaka for a Rare Limited Time Exhibition
Thundercat Announces New Album ”Distracted” and Four-Date Japan Tour This May
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