NEWS
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2023.9.20
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2023.10.13
Aminé announces exclusive Tokyo show “High End” in October, featuring JJJ, DJ KEKKE and KM
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SUGIURUMN’s first Japanese-language song, “All About Z,” is now available for download, featuring Haruna Yusa.
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Kimishima Ohzora announces extra show at Kyoto’s Shimei Kaikan as part of his tour
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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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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