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2024.4.26
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2024.4.18
For the second time in about three years, Jiro Omiya of Compsons presents his personal project “Eiga no parody”.
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2024.4.5
Heya no Sumi’s stage play “Taihaiteki Kohukuron” spins a conversational drama about backward-looking happiness.
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2024.3.28
Ningen no Joken will play the reinterpretation of “In the Forest, Under Cherries in Full Bloom” from the perspectives of “solitude” and “care,”.
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2024.3.15
Amayadori will play “A Doll’s House” with two patterns, one based on conversation and the other on the body.
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2024.4.1
Jeff Mills and Jun Togawa’s Collaborative Track to Premiere Exclusively on Apple Music
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2024.3.15
An “authentic horror” centered on an herbal medicine shop in a local town, Nihon no Radio play, “Hebi wo Umu”.
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2024.3.5
The first main performance of the System Kojin, a mystery-comedy ensemble drama set in a town where a famous detective lives.
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2024.2.21
The SHIMOKITAZAWA INTERNATIONAL PUPPET FESTIVAL Presents Global Puppetry
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Eight finalists for the 68th Kishida Prize for Drama have been selected.
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2024.2.21
The story of a family fascinated by the disastrous and beautiful sculptures, the play of the Botansabo “Kashiwabara Shokan Ten”.
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Miyu Sakihi and Kodai Matsuoka in “Kiki on the Trapeze”, a music play based on Minoru Betsuyaku’s fairy tale by Kinuyo Nogami.
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2024.7.9
Sadawo Abe, Hana Kuroki and others appear. Matsuo Suzuki’s “Fukusuke” to be performed again after 12 years
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2024.3.14
Sarubakuchi’s stage production of “Majime ni Kimajime”, that situation science fiction comedy set in the “Kitaku Boshi”.
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2024.3.13
Theater Company Ningen Girai plans to present three productions in 2024; themes of the first production are “Travel” and “Remote Islands”.
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2024.2.18
“Hamlet House” by Rikiya Konishi, formerly of Shiawase Gakkyuhokai , at Kichijoji Theater
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2024.4.27
“Cinderella’s House” Confirmed for Performance by K Ballet Opt, Inspired by Tahi Saihate’s Poetry
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2024.3.5
Osamu Dazai’s “Good-Bye” Takes the Stage in London with Kyoto’s Theater Company Chiten and Kukangendai Collaboration
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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”
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2026.4.3
LANA, Yuki Chiba, and KEIJU to Headline POP YOURS 2026
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2026.4.3
D.A.N. × Hitsujibungaku: First-Ever Co-Headlining Night at “Resonance”
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2026.4.4
ONE OK ROCK Steps Up for MUFG Stadium Music Blowout
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2026.4.4
ASIAN KUNG-FU GENERATION Celebrate 30 Years with Solo Show at Ariake Arena in 2026
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2026.4.10
Fujii Kaze, Creepy Nuts, and ¥ØU$UK€ ¥UK1MAT$U Join Coachella 2026 Lineup
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2026.3.17
Ringo Sheena Returns to the Stage Nationwide Spring 2026
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2026.2.11
Tate Britain Brings 1990s UK Art Retrospective to Tokyo
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2026.2.7
Claude Monet Exhibition ‘A Question to Landscapes’ to Open in Japan in 2026,
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2026.1.30
Ghost in the Shell Celebrates 30 Years With Major Tokyo Exhibition
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2026.1.24
Pioneering Japanese idol Kyōko Koizumi to Embark on 2026 Nationwide Hall Tour KK60
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