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2024.9.21
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2024.11.29
KOGEI Art Fair Kanazawa 2024 Announced: Showcasing Asia’s Traditional Crafts
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2024.6.22
Final Lineup for South Korean “Asian Pop Festival 2024” Announced: Kaneko Ayano, SUMIN & SLOM and More
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2024.6.7
Outdoor Cinema and Food Event at Ebisu Garden Place Features Screening of A24’s ‘C’mon C’mon’ and More
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“Keitama” Tamagotchi Makes Global Comeback for 20th Anniversary
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2024.6.30
Schadaraparr & STUTS Announce New Track with PUNPEE alongside Joint Live Shows in Tokyo and Osaka
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2024.8.7
“Keiichi Tanaami: Adventures in Memory” at The National Art Center, Tokyo – Artist’s First Major Retrospective
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2024.10.12
FAHDAY in Tomakomai Announces First Wave: Ayano Kaneko and More, Curated by NOT WONK’s Kato
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Tokyo Odaiba Triennale Set to Take Place in 2025 Featuring Odaiba’s Landmarks such as Japan Science Museum and Fuji Television
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2024.5.18
Yuki Chiba’s Team Tomodachi Shot Live Announced for “POP YOURS”
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Okinawa-based Trio HOME Drops Latest Single “Plastic Romance”
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2024.8.17
Summer Sonic Unveils Fifth Wave Lineup: RIIZE, PUNPEE, LANA, STUTS, Neva-Yan, and More
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2024.12.21
Ryuichi Sakamoto’s Large-Scale Installation Art Exhibition Set for Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo
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2024.6.26
NewJeans Announces Collaboration with Hiroshi Fujiwara Ahead of June Japan Debut
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Keiichi Tanaami Exhibition at Azabudai Hills to Feature Collaborative Art Prints with Fujio Akatsuka
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2024.5.31
NiEW’s Monthly Free Event exPoP!!!!! to Showcase Akihisa Kitazato, Yutai Communications, Ålborg, and Yama Futatsu
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Mamoru Hosoda’s “Summer Wars” Set for Limited Two-Week Revival Screening, Marking 15th Anniversary
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2024.11.7
52 Venues Set for November’s “Tokyo Art Week,” Featuring ‘Buyable Exhibitions’ Curated by Mami Kataoka
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10 Years with Atarashii Gakko! and Defying the Norms
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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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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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