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2024.6.15
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“YouTube Music AI Incubator” Launched in Japan for Coexisting Future of Music and AI
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Alternative Crew S.A.R. Drops First Full Album
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2024.5.14
Helsinki Lambda Club Announces Debut UK Tour for May
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2024.6.26
NewJeans Announces First Solo Japan Tour at Tokyo Dome for June
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2024.4.5
BRUTUS JAZZ WEEKEND 2024 Features Performances by Masaki Hayashi and Miu Sakamoto and More
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2024.6.12
Exploring ‘Cartier and Japan’ Over 50 Years: Exhibition Highlights Works by Sho Shibuya and Tadanori Yokoo
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2024.3.28
Ryuichi Sakamoto Memorial Tribute Event in Kyoto: Kengo Kuma Talks and Unveils New Works in Honor
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2024.4.26
A joint work by Cyrus Wong and Kuro Tanino “The Bathhouse of Honest Desires” to be performed in Taiwan, with performances by Hairi Katagiri and others
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2024.4.18
For the second time in about three years, Jiro Omiya of Compsons presents his personal project “Eiga no parody”.
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2024.7.4
mitsume, toe, No Buses and More to Perform at Mongolian PLAYTIME FESTIVAL
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2024.7.20
Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum to Host Summer Exhibition ‘The Whispering Land: Artists in Correspondence with Nature’
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2024.4.14
STIs-Themed Free Music Event in Shibuya: Akko Gorilla, Aisho Nakajima and More to Perform
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2024.3.15
The Yokohama Triennale “Wild Grass: Our Lives” Opens till June
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2024.5.11
Shizuoka’s FUJI & SUN’24 Add cero, Petrolz, Hedigan’s and More
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2024.5.18
Former CHAI Members MANAKANA Debut at Shibuya’s ‘ambient room’ Event
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2024.8.1
Spotlight on Asian Acts at Lollapalooza: Stray Kids, IVE, Hanabie. and YOASOBI.
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2024.8.16
SONICMANIA Announce Nia Archives, Hakushi Hasegawa, Shintaro Sakamoto, Arca and More
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2025.8.7
Tohji Drops New Album zero-one, Tickets for Zepp Tour Now Available
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2025.8.7
ePlus Unveils ‘FAVOY’ Project, Embracing the Online Music Scene with Live Performances
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2025.8.8
Jurassic World Rebirth to Hit Japanese Theaters This August
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2025.8.8
Queen Bee Announces August 8 Solo Show and Adds Shanghai Date to Tour
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2025.8.9
cero’s Summer Event Traffic Returns to Shibuya this August
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2025.8.13
Ichiko Aoba Announces Band Set Shows and 2026 Spring Show at London’s Royal Albert Hall
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2025.8.3
tofubeats and Peanut-kun Launch First-Ever Joint Tour “TVP”
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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
Cornelius Releases Music Through HERALBONY’s ROUTINE RECORDS Label
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Netflix’s Pokémon Concierge Returns with New Episode Featuring Theme Song by Tatsuro Yamashita
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Kaytranada Announces First Japan Show in Seven Years with Lou Phelps
Yaeji Announces August Tokyo Show Following Debut Album Release
Aichi 2025 International Art Festival Inspires Regional Resource Exhibition in Seto City
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