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2025.9.26
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Discover Tokyo’s Remote Islands Through Sound: U-zhaan, MIZ, Ichiko Aoba Participate
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2025.11.13
Salasa to Embark on Largest-Ever Tokyo, Nagoya, Osaka Tour
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2025.11.1
Bruno Mars’ Music to Light Up Japanese Fireworks in Bruno Mars Fireworks 2025
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2025.12.12
Chanmina, HANA, Hitsujibungaku Headline “Spotify On Stage Tokyo 2025 – Year-End Special”
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“Jack & Music” Festival Featuring Denzel Curry Announced
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TESTSET Returns with Full Album “ALL HAZE” in October
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Nagano’s EACH STORY Hits Tokyo with Jakob Bro × Midori Takada, Gia Margaret, and Felbm
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2025.11.19
YOGEE NEW WAVES Announces Inaugural Hall Show with New Lineup
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‘Ryuichi Sakamoto: Diaries’ Explores the Composer’s Mind Through His Personal Journals
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2026.1.4
rockin’on sonic 2026 First Lineup Revealed Featuring PET SHOP BOYS and KNEECAP
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Hashirikomies Announces New Album “Friends Orchestra” Out This November
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2025.9.25
Shibuya’s WWW Marks 15th Anniversary with First Project “Suchmos × LEX”
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2025.9.21
Yasuyuki Horigome’s “Uma no Hone” Marks 20th Anniversary with First Best-of Album
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2025.11.14
maya ongaku Wraps Up Autumn Japan Tour at Tokyo’s Sogetsu Hall
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Japanese-Australian Singer-Songwriter Nikki Azura Makes Global Debut
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2025.12.15
Doja Cat Returns to Japan for First Tour in Six Years with New Album “Vie”
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Sasebo Music Awards Set with Shuta Hasunuma and Kuniyuki Takahashi on Panel
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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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2026.2.19
PinkPantheress Celebrates Japan Debut with Four Day Tokyo Pop Up
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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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2026.2.18
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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2026.2.7
Vaundy Announces Major Dome Tour, Breaks Record as Youngest Solo Artist to Headline
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Vermeer’s ”Girl with a Pearl Earring” Comes to Osaka for a Rare Limited Time Exhibition
Thundercat Announces New Album ”Distracted” and Four-Date Japan Tour This May
Step Inside “Squid Game”: Immersive Experience Opens in Shibuya Jan 2026
LiSA Marks Her 15th Anniversary With a New Album and Major 2026 Asia Tour