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2024.10.27
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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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2024.7.6
Sam Gendel and HAPPY Join Third Round of Performers for FESTIVAL FRUEZINHO in Tachikawa
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2024.9.7
CreativeDrugStore Marks Hibiya Open Air Concert Hall Debut in September
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Fujii Kaze’s “Prema” Looks Outward, Recasting J-Pop for a Global Stage
Kotaro Kikuchi
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Ichiko Aoba’s Luminescent Creatures: The Enchanted Traditions of Isolated Hateruma
Hajime Oishi
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Ryuichi Sakamoto’s Final Years: A Documentary-Trained Director Reflects on the Film
Shoichiro Kotetsu
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mei ehara on “All About McGuffin”: Embracing Doubt, Struggle, and Self-Reflection
Jin Otabe
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rubens on “MELT”: Capturing Life, Loss, and Everyday Beauty in Music
Fumiaki Amano
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Inside “The Last Blossom”: Voice Actors on Love, Loss, and Life
Koji Harie
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EVENTS
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2025.12.26
Shintaro Sakamoto Drops New Track “Dear Granpa” and Announces Year-End Solo Show
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2025.12.26
NiEW’s Monthly Free Music Showcase Returns to Shibuya This Dec With Indie and Alt Sounds
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2025.12.31
LIQUIDROOM Welcomes OGRE YOU ASSHOLE, Seiho, maya ongaku for NYE Festival
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2025.12.23
Hi-STANDARD Announces “Screaming Newborn Baby Tour” Across Japan, Closing at K-Arena
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2025.12.20
Capcom’s Major Retrospective in Tokyo This Winter, Featuring Newly Revealed Concept Art
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2025.12.19
D.A.N. Announces Solo Shows “Microsound 2.0” in Tokyo and Osaka
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2025.12.19
Hoon’s Independent Series to Feature Dos Monos and Yuta Orisaka (band)
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2025.12.19
Haruomi Hosono Pop Up “Hosono Record House” Opens in Jimbocho This Winter
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2025.12.13
Tele Announces Nationwide Tour Starting in December with 13 Shows Across 9 Cities
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2025.12.12
Cannes Directors’ Fortnight in Tokyo 2025 Comes to Shibuya with Kokuho and More
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Haruomi Hosono Pop Up “Hosono Record House” Opens in Jimbocho This Winter
Powerpuff Girls Pop-up Store at MIYASHITA PARK in Shibuya
Shibuya’s Indie Night: Rol3ert, 烏兎-uto-, BabyCanta & Johnnivan at exPoP!!!!! Vol.178
Mads Mikkelsen Marks 60th Birthday at Tokyo Comic Con 2025 with Four Guests Revealed