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Schadaraparr and STUTS to Headline DeNA’s New Music Event in Kawasaki
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Summer Eye Drops “Urasoe” in Surprise House Music Release
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2025.9.25
LE SSERAFIM Pop-Up Café Opens with Special Live Photo Displays
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Opening Part of Sold-Out JAZZ NOT ONLY JAZZ II Streamed Live on Instagram
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2026.1.16
“Look Back” Anime Exhibit Explores the Making from Manga to Film
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BE:FIRST Teams Up with FamilyMart for Holiday Cake
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2025.10.18
TAMATAMA FESTIVAL 2025 Kicks Off with 10 Acts, Featuring Sakura Fujiwara and THE BAWDIES
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KUROMI Drops “KUROMI♡Profile” MV Ahead of Major Debut, Song by Satomi Shigemori
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CHAI’s MANA and KANA Reemerge with New Project “OKAME”
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Tokyo Gendai International Art Fair Coming to Yokohama, Teams Up with Korean Counterpart
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2025.11.20
MUTEK.JP 2025: GEZAN, Ami Kusakari, goat Join Shibuya Event
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2025.12.19
D.A.N. Announces Solo Shows “Microsound 2.0” in Tokyo and Osaka
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Tatsuro Yamashita Drops First New Song in Two Years, “Onomatope ISLAND”
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2025.9.26
NiEW Presents September “exPoP!!!!!” with Yuka Nagase, Hammer Head Shark and More
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Discover Tokyo’s Remote Islands Through Sound: U-zhaan, MIZ, Ichiko Aoba Participate
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2025.11.13
Salasa to Embark on Largest-Ever Tokyo, Nagoya, Osaka Tour
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2025.11.1
Bruno Mars’ Music to Light Up Japanese Fireworks in Bruno Mars Fireworks 2025
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EVENTS
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2026.3.14
GEZAN Announces First Ever Nippon Budokan Show in Spring 2026
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2026.3.14
Ikimonogakari Announce First Festival with Noriyuki Makihara, Sukima Switch, and Mone Kamishiraishi
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2026.3.14
YOASOBI Unveils ASICS SportStyle Collaboration and Campaign Film
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2026.3.17
Ringo Sheena Returns to the Stage Nationwide Spring 2026
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2026.3.17
New Multi-Venue Event ”UNDERCITY” Takes Over Ebisu LIQUIDROOM Complex This March
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2026.3.17
Tokyo’s New Music Event UNDERCITY Reveals Second Lineup in Ebisu
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2026.3.19
Spotify Japan Reveals Early Noise 2026 Lineup, Live Event Also Confirmed
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2026.2.11
Tate Britain Brings 1990s UK Art Retrospective to Tokyo
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2026.2.7
Vaundy Announces Major Dome Tour, Breaks Record as Youngest Solo Artist to Headline
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2026.2.7
Claude Monet Exhibition ‘A Question to Landscapes’ to Open in Japan in 2026,
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