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2024.4.20
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2024.2.7
The MUSIC MAGAZINE to Host Special Live of Ozora Kimishima and QUBIT in February
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WACK to Host 2024 Audition, Welcoming All Genders and Music Styles alongside Idols
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2024.3.16
Waseda University UBC’s 70th Anniversary Project to Feature Sohei Oyamada, mitsume, and Soshi Sakiyama
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2024.3.15
jo0ji, Rikon Densetsu, MFS and More Chosen for Spotify’s Early Noise 2024
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JAMIE XX Dropped a New Song for Chanel’s Campaign
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2024.4.13
SYNCHRONICITY’24 to Feature Fifth Lineup, Including KIRINJI, Elephant Gym from Taiwan, and More
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2024.5.5
Atarashii Gakko! Impressed Nippon Budokan with 22 Songs, Unveiled May Fan Club Tour
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2024.4.19
Rainbow Disco Club Returns in April with Four Tet’s First Japan Visit in 6 Years
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2024.2.13
KID FRESINO Showcases Band Set Solo Shows in Osaka and Fukuoka
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2024.10.3
Tempalay Unveiled Nippon Budokan as Venue for October Solo Show, Planet X
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2024.1.16
Chinese Lo-fi Band THE 尺口MP Announced their First Japan Tour for January
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2024.5.1
Kenji Ozawa’s Tour Dates Confirmed for Tokyo, Nagoya, and Osaka
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2024.7.26
FUJI ROCK FESTIVAL ’24 Confirmed for July 26th (Fri), Spanning Three Days
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J-WAVE’s New Year’s Eve Bash: Hanaregumi, U-zhaan, Moeka Shiozuka, Ichiko Aoba, Mahito, and More
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2024.2.23
EPOCHS to Feature DJ TOWA TEI, Hasegawa Hakushi, STUTS, and CYK at Shibuya’s O-East
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2024.8.3
Ako Unveils Major Debut and First Full Album Release
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2024.3.15
South Korean Funk Band CADEJO Announced its Japan Debut Tour in March
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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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2026.5.29
Hirokazu Koreeda’s The Sheep in the Box Opens in Japan This May
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2026.5.6
kanekoayano Announces 2026 World Tour Across Australia, Europe and Japan
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2026.5.5
Shintaro Sakamoto Announces Nationwide Yoo-hoo Tour for 2026
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2026.4.18
OGRE YOU ASSHOLE Bring “DELAY 2026” Back With kanekoayano and deca joins
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#ART
2026.4.18
ULTRAMAN EXHIBITION Brings Six Decades of Heroes to Osaka, Fukuoka, and Yokohama in 2026
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#STAGE
2026.4.17
Japanese Comedian Naomi Watanabe Sets 18 Date “FROM TOKYO” Tour Across North America
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2026.3.17
Ringo Sheena Returns to the Stage Nationwide Spring 2026
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#ART
2026.2.7
Claude Monet Exhibition ‘A Question to Landscapes’ to Open in Japan in 2026,
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#OTHER
2026.1.16
Step Inside “Squid Game”: Immersive Experience Opens in Shibuya Jan 2026
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