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2023.6.21
YOASOBI’s “Idol” tops Billboard’s international weekly chart
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JU!iE and others to appear in Netflix’s “Wolf Girl Can’t Fool You,” for which BTS will sing the theme song.
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2023.9.21
ZUTOMAYO announces national tour starting in September
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Perfume held “Perfume LIVE 2023 “CODE OF PERFUME” in London. About 2,000 people attended.
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2023.6.3
Cwondo, Somewhere and 10 other groups in the final announcement of “SHIBUYA SOUND RIVERSE 2023”.
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2023.8.5
YOASOBI to perform at “Head In The Clouds Los Angeles” music festival in Los Angeles
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Noel Gallagher, 12 years into his solo career, releases 4th album.
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Angelo De Augustine releases 4th album with 27 different instruments.
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2023.5.27
BAD HOP, Awich, and others to perform “POP YOURS 2023” live on YouTube
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2023.5.26
Free admission “exPoP!!!!!” Yutaicommunications, Wuinguin, SWALLOW, Deep Sea Diving Club, and Tengokukunyang perform at
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Fender’s first flagship store “FENDER FLAGSHIP TOKYO” to open in Harajuku at the end of June.
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Joint Japan-China audition organized by the Horipro Group and a Chinese music platform.
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2023.5.19
Musical “Fashion Freak Show” to be performed in Japan
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Kaze Fujii to tour 6 cities in Asia including Seoul & re-release analog vinyl
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“GREENROOM BEACH” Final Announcement of 7 Groups to Perform, Including KREVA, Awich, and yonawo
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12 groups including STUTS and GLIM SPANKY in the final announcement of “THE CAMP BOOK 2023”.
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31 groups including Kaneko Ayano, CreepHyp and STUTS announced for the first edition of “SPACE SHOWER SWEET LOVE SHOWER”
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Ryuichi Sakamoto’s Final Years: A Documentary-Trained Director Reflects on the Film
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Inside “The Last Blossom”: Voice Actors on Love, Loss, and Life
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EVENTS
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2025.12.23
Hi-STANDARD Announces “Screaming Newborn Baby Tour” Across Japan, Closing at K-Arena
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2025.12.26
Shintaro Sakamoto Drops New Track “Dear Granpa” and Announces Year-End Solo Show
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2025.12.26
NiEW’s Monthly Free Music Showcase Returns to Shibuya This Dec With Indie and Alt Sounds
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2025.12.20
Capcom’s Major Retrospective in Tokyo This Winter, Featuring Newly Revealed Concept Art
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2025.12.19
D.A.N. Announces Solo Shows “Microsound 2.0” in Tokyo and Osaka
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2025.12.19
Hoon’s Independent Series to Feature Dos Monos and Yuta Orisaka (band)
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2025.12.19
Haruomi Hosono Pop Up “Hosono Record House” Opens in Jimbocho This Winter
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2025.12.13
Tele Announces Nationwide Tour Starting in December with 13 Shows Across 9 Cities
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2025.12.12
Cannes Directors’ Fortnight in Tokyo 2025 Comes to Shibuya with Kokuho and More
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2025.12.12
Photographer Mikako Kozai, Known for Capturing Ayano Kaneko, Opens Solo Show in Hatsudai
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Haruomi Hosono Pop Up “Hosono Record House” Opens in Jimbocho This Winter
Powerpuff Girls Pop-up Store at MIYASHITA PARK in Shibuya
Shibuya’s Indie Night: Rol3ert, 烏兎-uto-, BabyCanta & Johnnivan at exPoP!!!!! Vol.178
Mads Mikkelsen Marks 60th Birthday at Tokyo Comic Con 2025 with Four Guests Revealed