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2023.10.14
Metamorphose ’23 to add 15 more acts: Carl Craig, JAZZANOVA, GEZAN, and more
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Luby Sparks announces their China tour 2023 including Strawberry Music Festival
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The latest PV of the TV anime “Jujutsu Kaisen” featuring King Gnu’s new song “SPECIALZ” is now available.
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illiomote to release new EP “I.W.S.P.” on September 13 (Wed.); first single “Baby End” released
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2023.10.23
Shintaro Sakamoto accnounces a new tour including Taiwan show with Tim Bernardes
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Oneohtrix Point Never to release a new album “Again”
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Fujii Kaze to release a new song “Workin’ Hard” and the recap of his first Asia tour on YouTube
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bloodthirsty butchers’ albums released from Nippon Columbia are issued on vinyl
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2023.9.9
VELTOPIA WORLD PARK, a crossover event of sports, beer, and music, to be held in East Shizuoka this September
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Hikaru Utada to release ☆Taku Takahashi’s remix of “Gold -Mata Au Hi Made-“
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2023.10.11
New event “Seikaku” by Umeda Club Quattro, featuring two groups, Sundae May Club & Neko Sen
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2023.9.2
New York-based hyperpop artist gabby start’s Japan debut with Peterparker69 and PAS TASTA
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”Cross Review” the famous review section of “Music Magazine” is now available on the web.
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2023.9.3
FLAG 2023 unveiled the full lineup including Age Factory, No Buses and New York’s Harry Teardrop and more
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brkfstblend, a new band featuring Michael Kaneko, Keity (ex-LUCKY TAPES), and Tetsuji Kasuya (ex-Yogee New Waves), releases first music
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2023.10.19
Hakushi Hasegawa to join Kassa Overall’s Tokyo show on October 19
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2023.10.21
WACK x NiEW co-host TAMATAMA FESTIVAL 2023, including “exPoP!!!!!” and all the WACK’s groups acts
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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”
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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
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Laura day romance on “Nemuru”: A Two-Part Journey Through “Walls” and “Bridges”
Fumiaki Amano
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2026.6.26
TAKANAWA GATEWAY CITY and Sónar Reveal Full Lineup for New Music and Art Festival
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2026.6.10
Major Picasso Exhibition Curated by Paul Smith Arrives in Tokyo in June 2026
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2026.5.6
kanekoayano Announces 2026 World Tour Across Australia, Europe and Japan
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2026.4.18
ULTRAMAN EXHIBITION Brings Six Decades of Heroes to Osaka, Fukuoka, and Yokohama in 2026
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2026.1.16
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