NEWS
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2025.3.15
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2025.5.24
the telephones Announce 20th Anniversary Show with 2005 Yen Tickets
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2025.5.16
Scandinavian Serial Murder Case Depicted in ‘The Girl with the Needle,’ Coming This May
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2025.5.23
Mori, Michi, Ichiba 2025 Announces First Performers: OKAMOTO’S, Yuta Orisaka, NOT WONK, and More
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2025.4.26
Leos Carax’s ‘It’s Not Me’ to Hit Japanese Theaters in April, Paying Tribute to Godard
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New Large Gallery ‘nudge field’ Opens in Shinjuku, Run by biscuit gallery and AWASE gallery
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2025.5.17
TOKYO Sekai Announces First Solo Concert at Shibuya WWW X in May
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‘Jurassic World Rebirth’ Set for Summer Release in Japan, Starring Scarlett Johansson
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2025.2.22
Kaoru Oda’s Film Retrospective at Shibuya Euro Space Marks Underground Release
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2025.5.31
Hibiya Music Festival Announces First Wave of Artists: Kenji Ozawa, imase, Kiyoshi Hikawa + KIINA, and More
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2025.5.24
POP YOURS Adds Benjazzy, eyden, and MIKADO to Lineup; Second Ticket Pre-Sale Begins
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2025.2.14
Tribute Screenings of David Lynch’s Iconic Films, ‘Eraserhead,’ ‘Lost Highway’ and More
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Takashi Murakami and JP THE WAVY’s MNNK Bro. Release New Song in Honor of Louis Vuitton Collaboration
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2025.4.29
JAPAN JAM 2025 Adds 36 Artists Including imase, Mega Shinnosuke, Yurina Hirate, and FRUITS ZIPPER
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2025.5.22
DYGL Announces Japan Tour & Releases New Song with Live Video
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Shuta Hasunuma Drops Poetry Reading Piece “Heaven” Ahead of New EP Release
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2025.4.18
Rainbow Disco Club Unveils 18-Artist Lineup, Including Gilles Peterson and Kode9
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2025.7.3
Yuki Chiba’s New Song “Budokan” Released
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Manami Kakudo’s Yamagata Performance: A Musical Collaboration with Local Artists
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AiNA THE END Looks Back on 30 Years: From Obscurity to Life After BiSH
Shoichi Miyake
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OGRE YOU ASSHOLE × Cornelius: Bound by a Distant Closeness
Yuji Shibasaki
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Eiko Ishibashi Reflects on Music Today: Anger and Ambiguous Affirmation in Antigone
Shoichi Yamamoto
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Shintaro Sakamoto Through the Eyes of Tokyo Swindlers’ Director
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Butter’s Asako Yuzuki on Why Overlooked Japanese Novels Became Global Sensations
Yoko Hasada
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How ‘Mobile Suit Gundam GQuuuuuuX’ Reinvents the Universal Century with Anno, Tsurumaki, and Enokido at the Helm
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NiEW’S PLAYLIST
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NiEW Best Music is a playlist featuring artists leading the music scene and offering alternative styles in our rapidly evolving society. Hailing from Tokyo, the NiEW editorial team proudly curates outstanding music that transcends size, genre, and nationality.
EVENTS
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2025.8.15
SONICMANIA Reveals First Lineup: The Prodigy, Gesaffelstein, Floating Points, Tohji
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2025.8.15
SONICMANIA Announces Second Wave of Artists: Perfume, KIKUO, MFS, and Minna-no-Kimochi
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2025.8.15
Denki Groove Joins the 3rd Lineup for SONICMANIA
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2025.8.15
RISING SUN Festival Expands 2025 Lineup with Suchmos, Satoko Shibata, Ohzora Kimishima and More
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2025.8.15
beabadoobee’s Pop-Up Shop Debuts at Shibuya 109 to Mark Summer Sonic Visit
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2025.8.16
SUMMER SONIC 2025: Official Dates Confirmed Following 2024 Milestone
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2025.8.16
ONE OK ROCK Announces Major Stadium and Dome Tour in Japan
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2025.8.16
SUMMER SONIC 2025 Reveals First Lineup: Official Hige Dandism & FALL OUT BOY
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2025.8.16
SUMMER SONIC 2025 Adds The Prodigy, Camila Cabello, LANA, BABYMETAL, and More
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2025.8.16
Summer Sonic 2025 Adds Gesaffelstein, YUNGBLUD, FRUITS ZIPPER, and More
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Netflix’s Pokémon Concierge Returns with New Episode Featuring Theme Song by Tatsuro Yamashita
Kenshi Yonezu × Hikaru Utada: First Collaboration on Chainsaw Man – The Movie: Reze Arc Ending
Gap Adds The Beatles, Kurt Cobain, and Nas to Its Vintage Music Tees Lineup
maya ongaku Sets Off on Nationwide Five-City Tour
PokéPark KANTO Set to Open in Japan Spring 2026 as Pokémon’s First Permanent Attraction
kanekoayano Announces Debut Nippon Budokan Concert for January 2026
Aichi 2025 International Art Festival Inspires Regional Resource Exhibition in Seto City
cero Sets Out on Five-City Solo Tour “Contemporary Tokyo Cruise”