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2024.4.27
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2024.3.15
jo0ji, Rikon Densetsu, MFS and More Chosen for Spotify’s Early Noise 2024
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JAMIE XX Dropped a New Song for Chanel’s Campaign
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2024.4.13
SYNCHRONICITY’24 to Feature Fifth Lineup, Including KIRINJI, Elephant Gym from Taiwan, and More
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Noto Peninsula Earthquake Update: Toyama’s Fujiko Fujio A Art Collection and Others Resume Operations
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2024.1.11
Panasonic Shiodome Museum to Host Modern Architectural Visionary Frank Lloyd Wright Exhibition
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2024.5.5
Atarashii Gakko! Impressed Nippon Budokan with 22 Songs, Unveiled May Fan Club Tour
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2024.4.19
Rainbow Disco Club Returns in April with Four Tet’s First Japan Visit in 6 Years
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2024.2.13
KID FRESINO Showcases Band Set Solo Shows in Osaka and Fukuoka
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2024.10.3
Tempalay Unveiled Nippon Budokan as Venue for October Solo Show, Planet X
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2024.1.16
Chinese Lo-fi Band THE 尺口MP Announced their First Japan Tour for January
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2024.3.20
Iihenji’s stage “Tomodachijanai” that reexamines our interactions with ourselves and others.
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2024.1.24
New performance by Compsons, a stage company centered on three women with names with seasons in them.
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2024.5.1
Kenji Ozawa’s Tour Dates Confirmed for Tokyo, Nagoya, and Osaka
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Temporary Closures in Several Museums Following Noto Peninsula Earthquake
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2024.7.26
FUJI ROCK FESTIVAL ’24 Confirmed for July 26th (Fri), Spanning Three Days
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J-WAVE’s New Year’s Eve Bash: Hanaregumi, U-zhaan, Moeka Shiozuka, Ichiko Aoba, Mahito, and More
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2024.1.12
Technology and Art Event DIG SHIBUYA Illuminates Shibuya in January.
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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
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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
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Inside “The Last Blossom”: Voice Actors on Love, Loss, and Life
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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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#MOVIE
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