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2024.8.2
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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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2024.7.6
aespa Releases Japan Debut Single “Hot Mess” in July
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2024.7.12
Snow Man’s Ryohei Abe Named Ambassador for Immersive Exhibition “Monet & Friends Alive”
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2024.7.13
Sakanaction, Denki Groove, and TESTSET Join LIQUIDROOM’s 20th Anniversary Concert Lineup
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Summer Eye Releases “Daikichi Deluxe Edition” with Remixes by Torei, Cwondo, and More
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2024.6.28
Kikukawa’s Theater “Stranger” Announces Special Screenings of Hong Sang-soo and John Huston Films
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2025.2.2
Tohji Announces Arena Show for February 2025 at “POP YOURS”
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2024.6.9
TeXi’s one-year project “Fuzzy” held, aims to dismantle gender dualism through three works.
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2024.5.30
Kenichi Nagai’s personal unit “Bao Bao”; first performance is a one-man show about boys living together
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2024.5.25
A short story about trying to do “get a bit angry”, Mochi Mochi’s stage play “Nannnan Zutto Kono Kaze”.
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2024.5.24
KakiKuuKyaku’s newest work, “Koroshi Monku” a black office mystery that begins with a mysterious fall.
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2024.6.8
Kyoto’s “Ear’s Day” Celebrates Sound Amid Temple Gardens: Yufuko Ikema, Le Makeup, and Others Take the Stage
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2024.7.26
Fuji Rock Unveils Sixth Lineup: group_inou, KEN ISHII, Summer Eye, and More
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2024.7.31
never young beach Releases Remastered 12-Inch Vinyl of their Early Albums for 10th Anniversary
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2024.7.20
Yuragi Embarks South Korea Debut This July with Local Artist Wapddi
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2024.10.22
Jorja Smith Annonuces First Japan Tour This October, Performing in Tokyo and Osaka
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Ghost and the Shell: A Bold Tokyo Exhibition That Dares to Dig Deeper
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Taking Taiwan Indie Global: Emerge Music’s Nuno on Asia’s Music Alliance
Atsutake Kaneko
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Calling Out From Somewhere in the Fog: Shintaro Sakamoto’s “Yoo-hoo”
Ryohei Matsunaga
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Takuro Okada on the Making of konoma: Between Minimalism, Jazz, and Cross-Cultural Dialogue
Yuji Shibasaki
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The Japanese Band That Counts Fans, Not Streams: LOSTAGE Explained
Shoichi Yamamoto
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Laura day romance on “Nemuru”: A Two-Part Journey Through “Walls” and “Bridges”
Fumiaki Amano
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EVENTS
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2026.6.4
Daniel Caesar Announces One Night Tokyo Show This June
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2026.6.10
Major Picasso Exhibition Curated by Paul Smith Arrives in Tokyo in June 2026
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2026.6.3
Charli XCX’s the moment Announces Tokyo Pop Up Ahead of Japan Release
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2026.5.6
kanekoayano Announces 2026 World Tour Across Australia, Europe and Japan
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2026.5.5
Shintaro Sakamoto Announces Nationwide Yoo-hoo Tour for 2026
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2026.4.18
OGRE YOU ASSHOLE Bring “DELAY 2026” Back With kanekoayano and deca joins
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2026.4.18
ULTRAMAN EXHIBITION Brings Six Decades of Heroes to Osaka, Fukuoka, and Yokohama in 2026
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2026.4.17
Japanese Comedian Naomi Watanabe Sets 18 Date “FROM TOKYO” Tour Across North America
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2026.1.16
Step Inside “Squid Game”: Immersive Experience Opens in Shibuya Jan 2026
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YOASOBI and UT Reunite for First Collaboration in Five Years
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