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2023.9.27
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2023.9.30
Karuizawa’s EPOCHS reveals the final lineup WONK and kZm & timetable
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Artist and fisherman Jo0ji to release his debut EP in collaboration with WONK
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HALLEY releases music video for new song ‘Sugary’ from their first EP “Daze”
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2023.9.23
FFKT 2023 Izu Shirahama announces 9 acts including Fabiano do Nascimento and Kassem Mosse
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The book, “These 100 CDs will help you understand the basics of 90’s J-POP!” will be published on September 20 (Wed.), featuring disc reviews and discussion columns on the albums that symbolize each year.
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GANG PARADE to release their first EP this November featuring songs on the theme of “night”
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Tokyu Kabukicho Tower’s event MIND TRAVEL announces more acts: ODD Foot Works, ASOBOiSM, Kenmochi Hidefumi, and more
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2023.12.13
[Alexandros], Creepy Nuts, go!go!vanillas, Saucy Dog, and more to perform at RUSH BALL in Taiwan
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2023.10.13
Busstrio’s live performance piece “One. Montage” recreated version to be performed in October
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TREES FOR SAKAMOTO, a forest protection organization founded by Ryuichi Sakamoto, asks for donations
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2023.10.6
Tokyo Photographic Art Museum to hold Takashi Homma’s “Revolution 9: Homma Takashi,” his first solo exhibition in 10 years
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2023.12.17
Chanmina announces Japan tour “AREA OF DIAMOND 2” performing 8 shows in 6 cities.
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2023.12.9
ARTIZON MUSEUM to hold “Marie Laurencin: An Eye for Her Time” featuring Picasso, Tsuguharu Fujita, and more
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2024.2.14
The National Art Center, Tokyo to hold “Henri Matisse – Forms in Freedom” from February 2024
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Slowdive released its 5th album “Everything Is Alive” and a music video for the song “alife”
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2023.9.1
Greta Gerwig’s “Lady Bird” and “Little Women” on screens at Bunkamura Le Cinema Shibuya Miyashita
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2023.11.16
kino cinéma Shinjuku opens this November, their first theater in Tokyo’s 23 wards.
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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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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
Tomonori Shiba
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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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