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2025.3.16
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2025.2.21
Nujabes’ 15th Anniversary Memorial Event to Take Place in Four Cities
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2025.4.12
Awaji Island’s MAGICHOUR Festival Adds Schadaraparr, STUTS, HOME, and More
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2025.7.5
Helsinki Lambda Club Announces Debut Billboard Live Show for July on Tour Finale
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2025.3.9
Ohzora Kimishima Announces March Tour in Band Set, EP to Drop Ahead of Otaru, Fukuoka, and Major City Stops
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2025.3.9
STAP Sigh Boys, Magic, Drums & Love to Perform at VIVID SOUND’s BEST PLAY Event
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‘Blue Period’ Available on Prime Video
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2025.4.16
TENDRE, KIRINJI, and Keiichi Sokabe to Perform Solo Acoustic Sets at in Yurakucho
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2025.2.2
Yōkai Expo 2025 Set to Take Place in Shodoshima with Yōkai BIG3 Talk Show and Fashion Show
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2025.2.10
Full Lineup for Ryuichi Sakamoto Tribute Festival Unveiled, Featuring Balming Tiger and More
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2025.5.30
MONO NO AWARE Announces Solo Show in May, Featuring Direction by GROUPN
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2025.2.16
4s4ki Unveils Star-Studded ‘Friend Guests’ for March Tour Finale
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ENHYPEN Announces Additional Shows at Japanese Stadiums for 2025 World Tour
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2025.2.15
Hikaru Utada’s “Electricity” Gets a Remix by Karen Nyame KG with Live Event at Osaka’s Expo Memorial Park
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2025.2.11
Shibuya WWW to Host Solo Performances by All Four GEZAN Members This February
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2025.2.15
Yuragi Unveils Full Lyric Video for New Album “In Your Languages,” Reveals Additional Tour Guests
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ONE OK ROCK Announces 15-City North American Tour
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Fuki Kitamura Unveils New Dance Track “Used to Fall”
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Fujii Kaze’s “Prema” Looks Outward, Recasting J-Pop for a Global Stage
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Ichiko Aoba’s Luminescent Creatures: The Enchanted Traditions of Isolated Hateruma
Hajime Oishi
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Ryuichi Sakamoto’s Final Years: A Documentary-Trained Director Reflects on the Film
Shoichiro Kotetsu
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mei ehara on “All About McGuffin”: Embracing Doubt, Struggle, and Self-Reflection
Jin Otabe
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rubens on “MELT”: Capturing Life, Loss, and Everyday Beauty in Music
Fumiaki Amano
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Inside “The Last Blossom”: Voice Actors on Love, Loss, and Life
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2026.1.15
kanekoayano Announces Debut Nippon Budokan Concert for January 2026
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2026.1.16
“Look Back” Anime Exhibit Explores the Making from Manga to Film
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2026.1.16
Step Inside “Squid Game”: Immersive Experience Opens in Shibuya Jan 2026
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2026.1.20
Men I Trust Announces 2026 Japan Tour with Mei Simones
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2026.1.10
Haruki Murakami’s “Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World” Stage Play to Tour the UK, France, China, and Singapore
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2026.1.7
Interactive nostalgia! The “30th Anniversary Tamagotchi Grand Exhibition” Lands in Roppongi
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2025.12.23
Hi-STANDARD Announces “Screaming Newborn Baby Tour” Across Japan, Closing at K-Arena
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2025.12.20
Capcom’s Major Retrospective in Tokyo This Winter, Featuring Newly Revealed Concept Art
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2025.12.19
Hoon’s Independent Series to Feature Dos Monos and Yuta Orisaka (band)
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2025.12.19
Haruomi Hosono Pop Up “Hosono Record House” Opens in Jimbocho This Winter
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Haruomi Hosono Pop Up “Hosono Record House” Opens in Jimbocho This Winter
BLACKPINK Launches Exclusive Jerseys With Tokyo Pro Teams Giants, FC Tokyo, Sunrockers
Step Inside “Squid Game”: Immersive Experience Opens in Shibuya Jan 2026
LiSA Marks Her 15th Anniversary With a New Album and Major 2026 Asia Tour