NEWS
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RECENT
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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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4K Remastered GHOST IN THE SHELL Set for Limited Two-Week Revival Screening
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2025.12.12
Chanmina, HANA, Hitsujibungaku Headline “Spotify On Stage Tokyo 2025 – Year-End Special”
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“Jack & Music” Festival Featuring Denzel Curry Announced
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TESTSET Returns with Full Album “ALL HAZE” in October
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Nagano’s EACH STORY Hits Tokyo with Jakob Bro × Midori Takada, Gia Margaret, and Felbm
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2026.2.11
Tate Britain Brings 1990s UK Art Retrospective to Tokyo
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2025.10.23
Europe-Focused Photography Festival Makes Japan Debut with Tokyo Public Displays
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2025.9.20
“Ghosts: When the Invisible Visible” opens at Arts Maebashi
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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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