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2026.2.11
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2025.10.23
Europe-Focused Photography Festival Makes Japan Debut with Tokyo Public Displays
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2025.9.20
“Ghosts: When the Invisible Visible” opens at Arts Maebashi
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2025.11.19
YOGEE NEW WAVES Announces Inaugural Hall Show with New Lineup
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‘Ryuichi Sakamoto: Diaries’ Explores the Composer’s Mind Through His Personal Journals
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2026.1.4
rockin’on sonic 2026 First Lineup Revealed Featuring PET SHOP BOYS and KNEECAP
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2026.9.19
First Maebashi Biennale Scheduled for 2026
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Hashirikomies Announces New Album “Friends Orchestra” Out This November
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2025.9.25
Shibuya’s WWW Marks 15th Anniversary with First Project “Suchmos × LEX”
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2025.9.21
Yasuyuki Horigome’s “Uma no Hone” Marks 20th Anniversary with First Best-of Album
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2025.11.14
maya ongaku Wraps Up Autumn Japan Tour at Tokyo’s Sogetsu Hall
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Japanese-Australian Singer-Songwriter Nikki Azura Makes Global Debut
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2025.12.15
Doja Cat Returns to Japan for First Tour in Six Years with New Album “Vie”
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Andy Warhol Solo Exhibition Opens in Omotesando with Works from Fondation Louis Vuitton
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Sasebo Music Awards Set with Shuta Hasunuma and Kuniyuki Takahashi on Panel
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2025.10.11
“Kyoto Music Expo 2025” Adds Ichiko Aoba and Shigeru Kishida String Quartet
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2025.10.10
Kenshi Yonezu’s “1991” Selected as Theme Song for Upcoming ‘5 Centimeters per Second’ Film
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2025.8.26
Toyama’s SUKIYAKI Festival Launches Spin-off Events in Tokyo
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Fujii Kaze’s “Prema” Looks Outward, Recasting J-Pop for a Global Stage
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Ichiko Aoba’s Luminescent Creatures: The Enchanted Traditions of Isolated Hateruma
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Yuransen Interview: Stepping Confidently into Adulthood with Their Latest Release
Fumiaki Amano
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maya ongaku on the Road: A Glimpse into Their Evolving Philosophy Abroad
Hiroyoshi Tomite
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10 Years with Atarashii Gakko! and Defying the Norms
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EVENTS
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2025.11.9
NiEW’s Monthly Event “exPoP!!!!!” Expands into First-Ever Festival in Shibuya
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2025.11.9
exPoP!!!!! Reunion 2025 Announces First Wave of Lineup: WONK, Satoko Shibata, Dongurizu, and More
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2025.11.9
“exPoP!!!!! Reunion 2025” Adds 12 New Acts Including Helsinki Lambda Club, Khaki, HOME and More
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2025.11.9
“exPoP!!!!! Reunion 2025” Reveals 3rd Lineup with 12 Artists, Including Dos Monos and More
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2025.11.9
exPoP!!!!! Reunion 2025 Adds Yasuyuki Horikomi, OGRE YOU ASSHOLE, Summer Eye, No Buses, and Maika Loubté
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2025.11.9
NiEW’s “exPoP!!!!! Reunion 2025” Adds GEZAN, Fuyumi Abe, and Texas 3000, Reveals Timetable
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2025.11.10
Shota Aratani Announces Band Tour Across Tokyo, Nagoya, and Osaka in November
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2025.11.11
TYLA Welcomes BE:FIRST as Special Guests for Her First Solo Japan Show
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2025.11.11
Shinjuku Noh Stage Welcomes Kabukicho Hosts’ Japanese Dance Performance of Yumihari-zuki
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2025.11.13
Salasa to Embark on Largest-Ever Tokyo, Nagoya, Osaka Tour
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