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2026.11.14
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Sheena Ringo Announces New March Album Built Entirely on Creative Collaborations
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2026.4.25
TWICE Adds Three Massive Stadium Nights to Japan Tour This April
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New “Stranger Things” Collab Hits FamilyMart: Socks, Snacks, and More
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2026.4.11
Tatsuro Yamashita Set for Two-Night April Showcase at Tokyo’s New SGC Hall Ariake
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2026.2.13
Yorgos Lanthimos’ “Bugonia” Sets Japan Release for February 2026
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HANA Powers “Medalist” Season 2 Launch With New Opening Theme This January
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2025.11.21
Tarsem’s “The Fall” Returns in 4K with Limited Memorial Cards This December
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Ado x Adidas: New Creative Partnership Powers Japan’s 2026 Kit
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2026.6.10
Major Picasso Exhibition Curated by Paul Smith Arrives in Tokyo in June 2026
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The Boyfriend Season 2 Reveals Studio Lineup and Full Release Schedule
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Classic Word Game ”Mojipittan” Celebrates Anniversary with Dual Soundtrack Launch
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2026.4.17
Japanese Comedian Naomi Watanabe Sets 18 Date “FROM TOKYO” Tour Across North America
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2025.12.19
Haruomi Hosono Pop Up “Hosono Record House” Opens in Jimbocho This Winter
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BABYMONSTER × UNIQLO UT Drops Late February 2026
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YOASOBI Announces Massive 10-City Asia Tour Spanning 2026–27
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2026.1.30
NiEW Kicks Off 2026 With Free Shibuya Event Featuring Suiheisen, Tadequi, rubens & UlulU
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2025.11.27
“Stranger Things” Finale Pop-Up Takes Over Omotesando’s V.A. This Winter
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Ghost and the Shell: A Bold Tokyo Exhibition That Dares to Dig Deeper
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Taking Taiwan Indie Global: Emerge Music’s Nuno on Asia’s Music Alliance
Atsutake Kaneko
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Calling Out From Somewhere in the Fog: Shintaro Sakamoto’s “Yoo-hoo”
Ryohei Matsunaga
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Takuro Okada on the Making of konoma: Between Minimalism, Jazz, and Cross-Cultural Dialogue
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The Japanese Band That Counts Fans, Not Streams: LOSTAGE Explained
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EVENTS
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2026.2.23
Celebrate 30 Years of “Evangelion” with This One-of-a-Kind Kabuki Performance
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2026.2.24
Korean Artist Parannoul Joins New ”QUATTRO Alternative” Series for First-Ever Japan Show
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2026.2.27
NiEW’s Monthly exPoP!!!!! Returns This February to Spotlight Emerging Artists
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2026.3.1
KAF Makes Major Label Debut, Announces First Solo Shows in Shanghai and Japan
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2026.2.21
Evangelion Marks 30 Years with Special Event at Yokohama Arena
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2026.2.19
PinkPantheress Celebrates Japan Debut with Four Day Tokyo Pop Up
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2026.2.16
Mac DeMarco Adds Extra Japan Tour Dates
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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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Vermeer’s ”Girl with a Pearl Earring” Comes to Osaka for a Rare Limited Time Exhibition
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
FUJI ROCK 2026 Announces 66 Artists Including Fujii Kaze and XG Plus Complete Ticket Breakdown