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2023.8.23
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2023.8.25
SWEET LOVE SHOWER 2023 announced the timetable. back number is the closing headliner
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2023.9.30
KYOTO EXPERIMENT International Performing Arts Festival 2023 unveiled full program & performers
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2023.8.26
Hyogo’s ONE MUSIC CAMP 2023 adds Summer Eye, Odottebakari no Kuni, and more to the 4th lineup
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2023.8.25
Chinese director Shen Yu’s debut film “The Old Town Girls,” will screen in August
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Joe Hisaishi’s Latest Album Reaches No. 1 on Two U.S. Billboard Charts. Hisaishi’s first accomplishment
#MOVIE
2023.10.21
Peruvian Film Festival vol. 2 screens more than ten Peruvian films this October
#OTHER
2023.8.4
JAPANESE CURRY FESTIVAL 2023 will start in Shibuya in August
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2023.10.21
chelmico announces nationwide tour that stops ten cities starting in October
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2023.11.3
The first FESTIVAL de FRUE 2023 lineup includes Tim Bernardes, Clown Core, and Acid Pauli x Viken Arman
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Haruna Yusa’s new song “Natsu no Shizuku” will be released on July 19th
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2023.11.6
YO LA TENGO’s first Japan tour in 5 years this November
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2023.9.30
Novelbright, yama, wacci and 7 other groups for “TOKYO CHEMISTRY” event at Tsukiji Honganji Temple
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PSYCHIC FES” hosted by PK shampoo’s Yamato Punks to be held in Kabukicho for the first time on Saturday, November 18
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“The Global Playground Audition” for festival appearances in Thailand and Taiwan.
#BOOK
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.
#ART
2023.9.15
ARTBAY TOKYO Art Festival 2023 happens this September
#MOVIE
2023.11.3
Osamu Tezuka’s Phoenix will be made into a movie by STUDIO4°C
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2025.9.12
Sting Announces September Japan Tour with New Trio Band and Six Shows in Five Cities
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2025.9.12
Yuta Orisaka Expands Acoustic Tour with Special Outdoor and Okinawa Stops
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2025.9.13
ROCK IN JAPAN FESTIVAL 2025 Announces First Round of Artists
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2025.9.13
ROCK IN JAPAN Final Lineup Includes Mrs. GREEN APPLE, HIGE DAN, IVE, and More
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2025.9.13
Wool & The Pants Hosts Special Event with Chinza Dopeness and NONCHELEEE from Fukuoka
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2025.9.13
Eiko Ishibashi Announces Antigone Release Tour in Nagoya and Osaka with Full Band
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2025.9.13
Yūransen Reveal MY CHEMICAL ROMANCE Album Tour Kicking Off in September
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2025.9.13
Aichi 2025 International Art Festival Inspires Regional Resource Exhibition in Seto City
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2025.9.14
‘The Last Blossom’ to Hold All-Standing Preview Screening at Spotify O-EAST
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2025.9.15
Hitsujibungaku Kicks Off Asia Tour, Headlining First Shows at Budokan and Osaka Castle Hall
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