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2024.8.31
Kyoto’s “Nanoboro” Festival Unveils Summer Whales and Odoru! Disco Machimachi in Second Wave
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2024.8.20
Exclusive Solo Shows Announced for ARCA and Jon Batiste as Summer Sonic Extra Stages
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Satoko Shibata Drops 7-Inch Single ‘Reebok’ Featuring tofubeats Remix
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2024.12.20
Live-Action Film ‘Oshi no Ko’ Announced Release Date with Teaser
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2024.8.20
Lamp Prepares for North American Tour with Tokyo Kinema Club Two-Day Concert
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Fujii Kaze’s “Shinunoga E-Wa” Strikes Gold: Honored with Plaque After Electrifying NYC Show
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2024.7.21
Odaiba’s Mezamashi Live Kicks Off Summer with Exciting First Performer Reveal: JO1, DISH//, IS:SUE, noa and More
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2024.11.1
Celebrating Hello Kitty: Largest-Ever Exhibition Chronicles Nearly 50 Years of Evolution
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2024.8.10
DREAM CONCERT WORLD IN JAPAN 2024 Announces NewJeans, ONEW, KISS OF LIFE, NCT WISH, and More
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Aimyon Announces 5th Album “Jealous of Cats” for September Release
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2024.9.4
Salasa Announces Debut Tokyo-Nagoya-Osaka Tour in September, Culminating at Largest-Ever LIQUIDROOM Finale
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2024.9.28
Olivia Rodrigo Adds Extra Shows in Japan After Immediate Sellout
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UNESCO Prize Awarded: Shimose Art Museum in Hiroshima Among World’s Top 7 Most Beautiful Museums
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2024.8.23
Rainbow Disco Club Debuts in South Korea with Bonobo and Mogwaa Headlining the First Wave of Artists
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2024.11.2
MILLENNIUM PARADE Announces World Tour, Featuring Two Days at Tokyo Garden Theater
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2024.5.30
Hitsujibungaku’s ‘Secret Garden’ Exhibition in Jinbocho Extends Due to Popular Demand
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2024.9.7
Emerald Announces First Album “Neo Oriented,” in Seven Years, with Tour for September
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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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2025.8.4
the cabs Announces Reunion, Set to Launch Solo Tour in August Across Tokyo, Nagoya, and Osaka
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2025.8.4
Hedigan’s Announces “AWAI vol.2” Event in Shibuya Featuring Guest Artists
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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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2025.7.24
Kyoto’s Suiheisen Announces First Independent Event in Tokyo and Osaka in July
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2025.7.24
Cornelius Releases Music Through HERALBONY’s ROUTINE RECORDS Label
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2025.7.23
GEZAN Adds Sunny Day Service and More Acts for 47-Prefecture Tour
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