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Artist Iichiro Tanaka Expands the World with “Nonsense”
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Masashi Yoshida crosses over from the underground hip-hop scene to “Critique Rebirth School”
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Yutaro Sakai, editor-in-chief of sweets media “ufu.” spreads the history of sweets and the philosophy of their makers.
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