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RECENT
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PERO PERO CANDY and Meme Tokyo’s NENE released single “Bubblegum flavored. NENE”
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2023.10.6
Ticket sales date set for “The Complete Works of Katsuhiro Otomo: AKIRA Celluloid Exhibition OSAKA”; key visual unveiled
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2023.9.21
Gen Hoshino to appear on NHK’s “SONGS” and talks about behind-the-scenes episodes from Summer Sonic
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2023.11.9
A “unpolished” romantic comedy set in Odawara in winter, Karugamo Danchi’s performance “Shizuru, Shiramumade Ike”.
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Kichijoji Plaza will close on January 31, 2024.
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CRCK/LCKS announces tour “総総続続” including their Fukuoka debut
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King Gnu announces new album “THE GREATEST UNKNOWN” and national tour performing at 5 major dome tours
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STUTS and YONLAPA’s Noina to release single “Two Kites,” to be premiered at Karuizawa’s EPOCHS
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2023.9.23
WACK’s new Idol group LiVS to hold a free live show for those wearing WACK merch
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2023.11.10
Gekidan5454’s new work “Kessho” with the theme of “childbirth” will be performed at Akasaka RED/THEATER in November.
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2023.10.7
Theater unit ♯Q’s “Self-Cover vol. 1,” in which Masuke Kubo directs himself from a script he wrote for an outside performance, will be performed in October, and a special Christmas performance is scheduled for December.
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2023.10.8
Legendary event “DENPA!!!! /DENPA” is back as “DOME’23”. Bogdan Lachinsky, Grisha Lichtenberger, and Howie Lee will visit Japan.
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Harry Teardrop announces extra show with SATOH, OKAMOTO Reiji at CIRCUS Tokyo
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Hitsujibungaku’s new music video for “more than words” where Moeka Shiotsuka runs through the streets of Shibuya
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2023.9.16
Screening of 15 films, including the Japan premiere of “Ahdat sanawovach el-djamr” at the Kisotengai Film Festival 2023.
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2023.9.19
First Japan tour by Bangkok-based band H3F to take place in September, with additional shows by Gusokumuzu
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2023.9.30
The Setagaya Literary Museum to hold exhibition for manga artist/illustrator Hisashi Eguchi
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Yuransen Interview: Stepping Confidently into Adulthood with Their Latest Release
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EVENTS
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2025.11.7
“Princess Mononoke” Hits IMAX Across Japan with Dolby Cinema and English Subtitles
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2025.11.8
Travis Scott to Bring His $200 Million Tour to Japan with Belluna Dome Show in Saitama
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2025.11.8
Beer and Music Come Together at the “Brewin’ Groove Festival” in Tachikawa
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2025.11.8
EASTEAST_TOKYO 2025 Art Fair Returns to Tokyo with an Asia-Focused Vision
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2025.11.9
NiEW’s Monthly Event “exPoP!!!!!” Expands into First-Ever Festival in Shibuya
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2025.11.9
exPoP!!!!! Reunion 2025 Announces First Wave of Lineup: WONK, Satoko Shibata, Dongurizu, and More
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2025.11.9
“exPoP!!!!! Reunion 2025” Adds 12 New Acts Including Helsinki Lambda Club, Khaki, HOME and More
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2025.11.9
“exPoP!!!!! Reunion 2025” Reveals 3rd Lineup with 12 Artists, Including Dos Monos and More
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2025.11.9
exPoP!!!!! Reunion 2025 Adds Yasuyuki Horikomi, OGRE YOU ASSHOLE, Summer Eye, No Buses, and Maika Loubté
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2025.11.9
NiEW’s “exPoP!!!!! Reunion 2025” Adds GEZAN, Fuyumi Abe, and Texas 3000, Reveals Timetable
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