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2024.8.16
Sakanaction to Showcase Band Set at SONICMANIA
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2024.5.3
Campanella & dodo Set to Perform “Erection-Block Party-” at Jiyugaoka Station Parking Lot
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LINE MUSIC’s “NEXT SPIKES” Second Edition Features Chevon and Three More Emerging Artists
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2024.7.6
Osaka’s OURSONGS BAYSIDE FESTIVAL Reveals First Lineup: SIRUP, chelmico, and More
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2024.5.4
Beijing’s TEI TEI to Host “Electric Bodhisattva” During Golden Week
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2024.5.11
Satoko Shibata, HAPPY Join Shizuoka’s “FUJI & SUN’24”; Full 32-Act Roster Confirmed
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2024.5.24
Ichiko Aoba, Kaho Nakamura Added to “Mori, Michi, Ichiba” Alongaside AVYSS’ Special Stage
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2024.4.20
Richie Hawtin Returns to Shibuya’s WOMB
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2024.4.18
Grand Opening Celebration at Tokyu Plaza Harajuku’s HARAKADO, Featuring Utaha in Short Film Premiere
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2024.5.21
Le Makeup Announces May Album Release and Solo Live Show at Shibuya’s WWW
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CHANMINA Joins Rina Sawayama to Release “This Hell” Gyarupi Remix
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2024.4.12
Coachella 2024 Unveils First-Week Time Table
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Yuki Chiba’s “Team Tomodachi” remix will feature SOCKS, ¥ellow Bucks, MaRI, and DJ RYOW
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2024.6.22
LA’s Outdoor Music Party The Do-Over Set for Tokyo in June with Special Guests
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2024.4.10
aespa’s Debut World Tour to be Immortalized in Live Film, Trailer and Setlist Revealed
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Real Sibling Duo LEX and LANA’s Collaboration Track Released, Produced by STUTS on the WAVE
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XG Teams Up with “VALORANT” for New Song “UNDEFEATED” Release
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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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2026.2.23
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2026.2.18
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2026.2.16
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2026.2.11
Tate Britain Brings 1990s UK Art Retrospective to Tokyo
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