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J-WAVE and Tsukuba University co-hosts J-WAVE INNOVATION WORLD FESTA 2023

Bangkok-based acid R&B band Rosalyn’s Japan tour includes Tokyo, Aichi, Kyoto, and Hyogo this August

SWEET LOVE SHOWER 2023 announced the timetable. back number is the closing headliner

KYOTO EXPERIMENT International Performing Arts Festival 2023 unveiled full program & performers

Hyogo’s ONE MUSIC CAMP 2023 adds Summer Eye, Odottebakari no Kuni, and more to the 4th lineup

Chinese director Shen Yu’s debut film “The Old Town Girls,” will screen in August

Joe Hisaishi’s Latest Album Reaches No. 1 on Two U.S. Billboard Charts. Hisaishi’s first accomplishment

Peruvian Film Festival vol. 2 screens more than ten Peruvian films this October

JAPANESE CURRY FESTIVAL 2023 will start in Shibuya in August

chelmico announces nationwide tour that stops ten cities starting in October

The first FESTIVAL de FRUE 2023 lineup includes Tim Bernardes, Clown Core, and Acid Pauli x Viken Arman

Haruna Yusa’s new song “Natsu no Shizuku” will be released on July 19th

YO LA TENGO’s first Japan tour in 5 years this November

Novelbright, yama, wacci and 7 other groups for “TOKYO CHEMISTRY” event at Tsukiji Honganji Temple

PSYCHIC FES” hosted by PK shampoo’s Yamato Punks to be held in Kabukicho for the first time on Saturday, November 18

“The Global Playground Audition” for festival appearances in Thailand and Taiwan.

Sao Ichikawa’s “Hunchback” won the Akutagawa Prize, and Sayako Nagai’s “Kibikicho no Hibachi” and Ryosuke Kakine’s “Gokuraku Seibi Daishogun” won the Naoki Prize.
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