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2024.6.1
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2024.10.5
Ringo Sheena Announces New Album with Hikaru Utada, Perfume’s Nocchi, Daoko and More
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2024.10.27
ZAZEN BOYS Announce Debut Nippon Budokan Show Estimated Over Three Hour Set
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2024.7.15
Iwate’s KESEN ROCK Festival Unveils Third Round Lineup: HAWAIIAN6, Tokyo Tanaka from MAN WITH A MISSION, and More
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Ginger Root Announces 3rd Album for September, with Lead Single & MV Premiere
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2024.8.12
EPISTROPH Presents Debut Collaboration: WONK × cero for August
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2024.8.21
UK.PROJECT’s Summer Event Adds Helsinki Lambda Club, POLYSICS, and the telephones
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2024.6.23
Black Boboi’s Label BINDIVIDUAL Releases Artists Compilation EP
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2024.7.8
JJJ Announces First Solo Tour in July
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2024.5.25
SPARTA LOCALS, Carnation, and SACOYANS Join Yanushi’s Tour
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Ako（a子） Drops “GENE” Album with Unveiled Artwork, Includes “SXSW” Footage
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2024.6.29
KOTARO NUKAGA (Tennozu) Relocates to One of Japan’s Largest Spaces, Hosting Rhizomatiks’ Solo Exhibition
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Lady Gaga’s “GAGA CHROMATICA BALL” Arrives on U-NEXT: Her Self-Directed Concert Film
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‘Desert of Namibia’ Captivates Cannes Audience: Yoko Yamanaka and Yuumi Kawai Express Gratitude
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2024.6.14
Dazaifu Tenmangu Shrine to Host New Art Book Fair in June with Over 100 Exhibitors Globally
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Official Report Released for ‘POP YOURS 2024’ Featuring Headliners LEX and Tohji
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2024.7.26
Two Canadian Circus Companies to Perform in Japan for “Setagaya Art Farm 2024”
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2024.8.2
xiexie Pre-Releases “my time” from Debut Album, Announces Tour and In-Store Events
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Sayo Komada Preserves Shamisen Tradition with a Twist: Why She Plays “Can’t Stop” on Instagram
Takahiro Kanazawa
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10 Years with Atarashii Gakko! and Defying the Norms
Tomonori Shiba
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Manami Kakudo’s Yamagata Performance: A Musical Collaboration with Local Artists
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Eiko Ishibashi Reflects on Music Today: Anger and Ambiguous Affirmation in Antigone
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Butter’s Asako Yuzuki on Why Overlooked Japanese Novels Became Global Sensations
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2025.8.28
Kaytranada Announces First Japan Show in Seven Years with Lou Phelps
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2025.8.29
Sweet Love Shower 2025: First Wave of Artists Revealed for 30th Anniversary Celebration
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2025.8.29
August “exPoP!!!!!” Brings Five Acts to NiEW’s Monthly Free Event
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2025.8.30
Gen Hoshino Reveals Dates for MAD HOPE Asia Tour
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2025.8.30
Ryuichi Sakamoto Exhibition Launches in Osaka, Bringing to Life His 18-Year-Old Expo Journey
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2025.9.2
Ovall Announces New EP Silent Storm Featuring Thai Artist KIKI with Billboard Live Tour
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2025.9.3
ano’s Debut Nippon Budokan Performance Set for September
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2025.9.3
Kohjiya Announces First-Ever Tour DREAMIN’BOI TOUR 2025
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2025.8.27
FIEVEL IS GLAUQUE Embark on Japan Debut This August
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2025.8.26
Toyama’s SUKIYAKI Festival Launches Spin-off Events in Tokyo
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PokéPark KANTO Set to Open in Japan Spring 2026 as Pokémon’s First Permanent Attraction
Quruli Announce Nationwide Tour and First of Four Monthly Singles, “Wandering”
Aichi 2025 International Art Festival Inspires Regional Resource Exhibition in Seto City
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