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2025.9.17
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Hoon to Release New Single “Hebitora” in October, Launches Two-Month Event Series
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2026.4.10
Fujii Kaze, Creepy Nuts, and ¥ØU$UK€ ¥UK1MAT$U Join Coachella 2026 Lineup
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Netflix’s Straight to Hell to Star Erika Toda as Kazuko Hosoki, Exclusive Global Release in 2026
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2025.11.9
exPoP!!!!! Reunion 2025 Adds Yasuyuki Horikomi, OGRE YOU ASSHOLE, Summer Eye, No Buses, and Maika Loubté
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2025.10.21
The fin. Announces Live Event with Rol3ert and Brother Sun Sister Moon
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RADWIMPS Unveils Title of Upcoming Album: “Anew”
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2025.11.8
EASTEAST_TOKYO 2025 Art Fair Returns to Tokyo with an Asia-Focused Vision
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2025.9.12
Grand Opening of NEWoMan Takanawa Features Yo Hitoto and Live Performance by STUTS
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2025.9.12
Yuta Orisaka Expands Acoustic Tour with Special Outdoor and Okinawa Stops
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adidas Originals × Oasis Collection Includes Japan-Exclusive Items
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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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10 Years with Atarashii Gakko! and Defying the Norms
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Manami Kakudo’s Yamagata Performance: A Musical Collaboration with Local Artists
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Eiko Ishibashi Reflects on Music Today: Anger and Ambiguous Affirmation in Antigone
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EVENTS
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2025.10.2
MAN WITH A MISSION Announces UK & EU Tour Across 13 Cities
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2025.10.3
tofubeats Sets Out on Japan Tour with Special 10th Anniversary Concert Including TOWA TEI
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2025.10.4
MASHUP FESTIVAL kobe Unites 7 Kobe Fests; PUFFY, Satoko Shibata Among First 15 Acts Announced
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2025.10.4
Jacob Bro and The Vernon Spring Join EACH STORY Festival in Nagano’s Nobeyama Highlands
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2025.10.4
Beppu’s small circle ’25 to Host Ichiko Aoba with Keigo Oyamada & U-zhaan and More
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2025.10.4
Summer Eye Announces New Tour “Fresh” with Full Band
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2025.10.5
Ty Dolla $ign Joins Aichi “WIRED MUSIC FESTIVAL”; First Lineup Revealed
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2025.10.6
ONE OK ROCK Announces European Arena Tour This Fall
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2025.9.27
kurayamisaka Announces First Solo Tour This September Following “NME 100” Recognition
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2025.9.25
LE SSERAFIM Pop-Up Café Opens with Special Live Photo Displays
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