NEWS
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RECENT
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2023.10.29
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2023.10.28
Keiichi Sokabe and CHAI’s Mana to Join Taiwan’s “Golden Indie Music Awards”
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ao’s Latest Track “Kioku” Chosen as Ending Theme for Netflix’s “Onmyoji” Anime
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2023.11.3
PARCO’s Touring Market Event to Explore Jun-Kissa Culture Across Six Cities
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Japan-Exclusive Poster and Trailer Released for “Wonka”
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Unveiling Scenes from “You Will Not Have My Hate” – a Film Depicting a Family’s Ordeal in a Terrorist Attack
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2023.12.15
The new stage by Siberia Shozyo Tetsudo, starring Ayaka Yasumoto and others, is a “no-separation, gentle, locked-room suspense”.
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CHO CO PA CO CHO CO QUIN QUIN’s Debut Album Now Available in LP and CD
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Tohji Drops “Aglio e olio” MV and Reveals Full Video of Sold-Out Show Performance
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2023.11.11
Acid Pauli and Sapphire Slows Headline MIDNIGHT EAST with Four Other Acts
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“Saturday Fiction” Reveals Main Visual and Provides Director Lou Ye’s Exclusive Stage Greeting Details
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2023.12.9
Juggling Unit Fratres Brings the Latest Verbal Juggling Performance
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2024.3.28
New Visuals and Artist Comments Revealed for Ryuichi Sakamoto✕ Shiro Takatani’s Theater Piece “TIME”
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2023.12.15
LEARNERS Announces Hiatus, Concluding with Final Show at Shindaita FEVER in December
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Yakob Tanaka’s 3rd Album “IN NEUTRAL” to Receive LP Release
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The National Art Center, Tokyo to Host “Shinji Ohmaki: Interface of Being” this November
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2024.1.27
Ed Sheeran Marks Long-Awaited Return to Japan in January 2024, Performing in Tokyo & Osaka”
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2023.11.4
SKREW KID’s Latest Album “New Flat” Drops on Cassette Tape
RECOMMEND
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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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2026.6.10
Major Picasso Exhibition Curated by Paul Smith Arrives in Tokyo in June 2026
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2026.6.3
Charli XCX’s the moment Announces Tokyo Pop Up Ahead of Japan Release
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2026.5.6
kanekoayano Announces 2026 World Tour Across Australia, Europe and Japan
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2026.5.5
Shintaro Sakamoto Announces Nationwide Yoo-hoo Tour for 2026
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2026.4.18
OGRE YOU ASSHOLE Bring “DELAY 2026” Back With kanekoayano and deca joins
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2026.4.18
ULTRAMAN EXHIBITION Brings Six Decades of Heroes to Osaka, Fukuoka, and Yokohama in 2026
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2026.4.17
Japanese Comedian Naomi Watanabe Sets 18 Date “FROM TOKYO” Tour Across North America
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2026.1.16
Step Inside “Squid Game”: Immersive Experience Opens in Shibuya Jan 2026
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YOASOBI and UT Reunite for First Collaboration in Five Years
Charli XCX’s the moment Announces Tokyo Pop Up Ahead of Japan Release
TAKANAWA GATEWAY CITY and Sónar Reveal Full Lineup for New Music and Art Festival
Zara Larsson Announces First Ever Japan Show: Ticket Details and Everything You Need to Know