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2025.4.26
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2024.12.26
Takkyu Ishino’s Hell Onsen 2024 Set to Take Place, Attendees to Receive Silica Gel Gifts
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2025.2.28
ARTISTS’ FAIR KYOTO 2025 Announced with 40 Emerging Artists
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Multinational Trio Johnnivan Announces November Release for Third Album Swimmer
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2024.11.29
Murabanku Drops “Oume Kaido” on Streaming; Skirt Confirmed for Self-Produced Event
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2024.12.12
Yuma Abe Announces Japan-U.S. Tour Alongside Release of Hotel New Yuma Album
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Live-Action “Oshi no Ko” Drama Features Theme Songs by My First Story, I’s, and More
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PAN Okinawa Art Center Scheduled to Open in 2027, Featuring Contemporary Asian Art
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2025.1.27
Otoboke Beaver Joins UK Band IDLES for Upcoming Tokyo Show
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2024.11.2
BENTEN: An All-Night Art Event in Kabukicho Directed by Chim↑Pom
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2025.2.2
Neko Sen’s “Cat Day Live” to Return in Kobe and Tokyo with Special Support Lineup
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2025.4.12
Shibuya Spring Festival “SYNCHRONICITY ’25” Unveils First Lineup with 12 Acts
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Yanushi Releases First Solo Concert Video & Yakob Tanaka Drops Double Solo Album
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2024.11.1
Tokyo NOMINOICHI ’24 AUTUMN Kicks Off in Tachikawa from November 1st to 3rd
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2024.10.25
Sugoi Seimeiryoku ‘s stage is a comedy skit featuring a troubled person and a short play about despair while living together
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2024.11.27
Six people perform monologues about their own lives and work, Pepepe-no-Kai + Iihenji’s stage
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2024.11.22
Hate to Cheek’s play depicts “the worst-case scenario that could happen in our not-too-distant future”
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2024.11.13
Tsuyu to Makura ‘s stage “Tachibana ni Uguisu” depicts “change and tradition” through the existence of immortality.
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2025.7.29
Yukkyun Announces KYUN DIVA FESTIVAL with First Wave of Artists
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2025.8.3
D.A.N. Returns to the Stage with Solo Concert at Hibiya Open Air Concert Hall
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2025.8.3
tofubeats and Peanut-kun Launch First-Ever Joint Tour “TVP”
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2025.7.26
TWICE Announces Japan Leg of World Tour with 360-Degree Dome Shows
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2025.7.26
“Shinjuku Kabukicho Shunga Exhibition” to Feature 100 Works This July
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2025.7.25
FUJI ROCK FESTIVAL Announces 2025 Dates: July 25–27
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2025.7.25
Fuji Rock Announces First 60 Artists, Including Japan Debut of Fred Again..
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2025.7.25
Fuji Rock Expands Lineup with LITTLE SIMZ, Jane Remover, and US in Latest Announcement
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2025.7.25
Fuji Rock Unveils Final Lineup and Timetable, Adds 16 ROOKIE A GO-GO Acts
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2025.7.25
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