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2025.7.12
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Hikaru Utada Performs “First Love” on THE FIRST TAKE
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Hitsujibungaku’s “mild days” Released Digitally, Music Video Shot During US Tour
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2025.9.13
ROCK IN JAPAN FESTIVAL 2025 Announces First Round of Artists
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2025.6.6
ART OSAKA 2025 Unveils Video Program Tracing Japan’s Visual Art Evolution from the 1960s
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2025.9.24
ODD Foot Works Drops New Single “NO NAME DANCE,” Solo Show Planned at Shibuya WWW
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2025.6.19
JJJ’s ‘The Light Tour’ Rescheduled: Tokyo and Osaka Dates Announced with KID FRESINO
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2025.11.8
Beer and Music Come Together at the “Brewin’ Groove Festival” in Tachikawa
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Fujii Kaze, Mrs. GREEN APPLE, and YOASOBI to Perform at MUSIC AWARDS JAPAN Ceremony
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2025.5.24
Kankyō Records Presents Ambient Event at Tama Center’s Botanical Greenhouse
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2025.7.4
Jean-Luc Godard’s Last Film ‘The Image Book’ Reimagined in Shinjuku Exhibition
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2025.6.17
betcover!! to Embark on World Tour Across 31 Cities
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2025.5.15
Former BISH Member Cent Chihiro Chittiii’s Music Project CENT to Make Major Debut This Summer
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2025.6.14
Final Lineup for FESTIVAL FRUEZINHO in Tachikawa Reveals Kaori Kogure × Billy Martin
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Ryusuke Hamaguchi Announces New Film ‘All of a Sudden’ Set for 2026 Release
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2025.5.22
DYGL Welcomes Soft Pine from Bangkok for Spring Tour, HOME Slated for Okinawa Show
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2025.5.31
Haruomi Hosono Announces London Show with CHO CO PA CO CHO CO QUIN QUIN, Hosts Special Exhibition at His Alma Mater
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2025.8.15
Denki Groove Joins the 3rd Lineup for SONICMANIA
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2025.8.13
Ichiko Aoba Announces Band Set Shows and 2026 Spring Show at London’s Royal Albert Hall
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2025.8.14
Toyota, Aichi’s Annual Summer Dance Celebration Announces 16 New Performers
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2025.8.15
SONICMANIA Reveals First Lineup: The Prodigy, Gesaffelstein, Floating Points, Tohji
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2025.8.15
SONICMANIA Announces Second Wave of Artists: Perfume, KIKUO, MFS, and Minna-no-Kimochi
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2025.8.15
Denki Groove Joins the 3rd Lineup for SONICMANIA
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2025.8.15
RISING SUN Festival Expands 2025 Lineup with Suchmos, Satoko Shibata, Ohzora Kimishima and More
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2025.8.15
beabadoobee’s Pop-Up Shop Debuts at Shibuya 109 to Mark Summer Sonic Visit
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2025.8.16
SUMMER SONIC 2025: Official Dates Confirmed Following 2024 Milestone
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2025.8.16
ONE OK ROCK Announces Major Stadium and Dome Tour in Japan
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2025.8.16
SUMMER SONIC 2025 Reveals First Lineup: Official Hige Dandism & FALL OUT BOY
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