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2024.1.27
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2023.11.4
SKREW KID’s Latest Album “New Flat” Drops on Cassette Tape
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2024.1.11
ROMY’s First Japanese Solo Tour “CLUB MID AIR” Set for January 2024
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ako’s 3rd EP “Steal your heart” to Be Released
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2023.11.18
noid’s “scroll” from Forthcoming Album to Release in November
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2023.12.17
NEW REALM FEST Unites 23 Hardcore Bands from Japan and Beyond in Shibuya this December
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Miran Reveals December Album with Featured Single “Koi wo Shite”
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2023.10.20
New York’s Rapper/Producer 454 Visits Japan for Exclusive Pop-up and Event
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2023.11.1
Chinese Indie Rock Legend Carsick Cars’ Japan Debut in November
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Etsuko Yakushimaru Designed Original Sound Art for Haneda Airport’s International Arrival Floor
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2023.10.18
London-Based DJ LCY Announces Upcoming Japan Performance at Shibuya’s Azumaya
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2023.12.7
The Electronic Music and Digital Arts Festival MUTEK.JP Announced its Return in December
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2024.3.2
J-WAVE Tokyo Guitar Jamboree 2024 to be held at Ryogoku Kokugikan
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Sohei Oyamada Announces 2nd Album for January 2024
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Joe Hisaishi Achieves a Milestone for Japanese Classical Artists on the US Billboard 200
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ATARASHII GAKKO! Releases New Song “Tokyo Calling” From 88rising
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2023.11.3
Borofesta 2023 Revealed Timetable, ZAZEN BOYS to Perfome Finale
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2023.11.18
Shizuoka’s Festival ROMANTIC HOUR ’23 Unveiled 3rd Lineup Featuring FPM, ermhoi, 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
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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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2026.3.14
GEZAN Announces First Ever Nippon Budokan Show in Spring 2026
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2026.3.14
Ikimonogakari Announce First Festival with Noriyuki Makihara, Sukima Switch, and Mone Kamishiraishi
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2026.3.14
YOASOBI Unveils ASICS SportStyle Collaboration and Campaign Film
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2026.3.17
Ringo Sheena Returns to the Stage Nationwide Spring 2026
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2026.3.17
New Multi-Venue Event ”UNDERCITY” Takes Over Ebisu LIQUIDROOM Complex This March
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2026.3.17
Tokyo’s New Music Event UNDERCITY Reveals Second Lineup in Ebisu
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2026.3.19
Spotify Japan Reveals Early Noise 2026 Lineup, Live Event Also Confirmed
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2026.3.5
STUTS to Hit Fukuoka, Nagoya, Osaka, and Tokyo on 2026 Tour
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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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