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2024.4.9
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2024.4.23
Tohji Announces World Tour Details: Three North American Shows with SEBii and Alice Longyu Gao
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2024.6.15
Dos Monos Announces Second Chapter as a Trio New Album “Dos Atomos” to Drop in May
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“YouTube Music AI Incubator” Launched in Japan for Coexisting Future of Music and AI
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Alternative Crew S.A.R. Drops First Full Album
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2024.5.14
Helsinki Lambda Club Announces Debut UK Tour for May
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2024.6.26
NewJeans Announces First Solo Japan Tour at Tokyo Dome for June
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2024.4.5
BRUTUS JAZZ WEEKEND 2024 Features Performances by Masaki Hayashi and Miu Sakamoto and More
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2024.3.28
Ryuichi Sakamoto Memorial Tribute Event in Kyoto: Kengo Kuma Talks and Unveils New Works in Honor
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2024.7.4
mitsume, toe, No Buses and More to Perform at Mongolian PLAYTIME FESTIVAL
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2024.4.14
STIs-Themed Free Music Event in Shibuya: Akko Gorilla, Aisho Nakajima and More to Perform
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2024.5.11
Shizuoka’s FUJI & SUN’24 Add cero, Petrolz, Hedigan’s and More
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2024.5.18
Former CHAI Members MANAKANA Debut at Shibuya’s ‘ambient room’ Event
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2024.8.1
Spotlight on Asian Acts at Lollapalooza: Stray Kids, IVE, Hanabie. and YOASOBI.
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2024.8.16
SONICMANIA Announce Nia Archives, Hakushi Hasegawa, Shintaro Sakamoto, Arca and More
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2024.3.29
NiEW’s Monthly Free Event exPoP!!!!! to Showcase S.A.R., maco marets, Kingo, and La muzzle for March
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2024.6.1
Shizuoka’s ITADAKI Festival Add EGO-WRAPPIN, Kan Sano, Teshima Aoi, and More
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2024.5.24
Mori Michi Ichiba to Add Tofubeats with Takashi Fujii, never young beach and More
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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”
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”
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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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