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2024.11.1
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2024.10.25
Sugoi Seimeiryoku ‘s stage is a comedy skit featuring a troubled person and a short play about despair while living together
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2024.11.27
Six people perform monologues about their own lives and work, Pepepe-no-Kai + Iihenji’s stage
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2024.11.22
Hate to Cheek’s play depicts “the worst-case scenario that could happen in our not-too-distant future”
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2024.11.13
Tsuyu to Makura ‘s stage “Tachibana ni Uguisu” depicts “change and tradition” through the existence of immortality.
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New International Music Awards “MUSIC AWARDS JAPAN” Launched
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2024.11.2
“Shibuya Awa Odori” to Take Place in November, Featuring Over 100 Dancers
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2025.4.4
Yuta Orisaka Announces Hall Concerts in Tokyo and Osaka with His Largest Ensemble
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2024.10.26
‘SENSE ISLAND/LAND’: A 51-Day Art Festival in Yokosuka’s Uninhabited Island and Urban Areas
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Lumine Ogikubo’s “Chuo Line Art Encounter” Calls for Musicians in Exciting “exPoP!!!!!” Collaboration
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2025.1.25
Sakanaction Announces Nationwide Hall Tour “Kaiju” for 2025
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Haruko Oishi to Release New Singles “Satin Moon” and “Things”
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2024.10.26
MIND TRAVEL Festival at Tokyu Kabukicho Tower Reveals Final Performers and Timetable
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Osaka Welcomes Kino Cinéma Shinsaibashi This December
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2024.11.15
Shibuya PARCO Celebrates 5th Anniversary Since Its Renewal with ZAZEN BOYS, Perfume’s A-chan and More
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2024.12.7
Yoyogi-Uehara’s DELTA Hosts 20th Anniversary Fest with Hakushi Hasegawa, Kaho Nakamura, and More
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2024.11.22
‘Back to Black’: New Trailer and Stills Illuminate Amy Winehouse’s Triumphs and Struggles
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2024.11.21
SYNCHRONICITY Fall Edition: eastern youth and People In The Box to Share the Stage
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Shoichi Miyake
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OGRE YOU ASSHOLE × Cornelius: Bound by a Distant Closeness
Yuji Shibasaki
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Yoko Hasada
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Shuka Yamada
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EVENTS
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2025.8.22
maya ongaku and Minami Deutsch to Share Stage for the First Time at Shibuya WWW X
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2025.8.22
Taroman Film’s Trailer and Poster Debut, Featuring Taro Okamoto × Tokusatsu
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2025.8.22
Iconic Enka Singer Sachiko Kobayashi to Spin One-Night-Only DJ Set
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2025.8.23
Eve Announces Major K Arena Yokohama Show for 2025 Summer, Celebrating “Under Blue”
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2025.8.23
Take Sasamoto’s Laboratory Exhibition Set for August 2025 at the Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo
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2025.8.23
ONE MUSIC CAMP in Hyogo Adds ACIDMAN, ASOUND, and Gusokumuzu
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2025.8.17
Maximum10 Compilation Released on HOLIDAY! RECORDS with POP DISASTER, sfpr and More
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2025.8.17
Bialystocks Announces “2025 Duo Tour,” Set to Hit 19 Cities Nationwide
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2025.8.16
ONE OK ROCK Announces Major Stadium and Dome Tour in Japan
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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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Netflix’s Pokémon Concierge Returns with New Episode Featuring Theme Song by Tatsuro Yamashita
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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”