Netflix’s Plastic Beauty Asks Who Defines Beauty in Japan
Exploring cosmetic surgery, personal choice and the pressures shaping how we see ourselves
Yoko Hasada
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14 Years of Solitary Gourmet, and Still Worth Savoring
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Review: Human Vapor Reimagines a Japanese Sci-Fi Classic for the Age of Social Anxiety
バフィー吉川
How Anna Nagase Brought Akane banashi’s Rakugo Performer to Life
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From ChatGPT to Copenhagen: How Yui Neats and Markus Artved Found Each Other
Atsutake Kaneko
exPoP!!!!! Reunion 2026 Adds 11 Artists Including BREIMEN, Peterparker69 and Salasa
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Radiohead Japan 2027: Dates, Tickets and Everything You Need to Know
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Yeon Sang-ho × Hideo Kojima: Creating Beyond the Market
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Suzu Toyama Is Just Getting Started
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Joe Keery on Growing Up, Change, and Moving Forward
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“Straight To Hell” Review: A Fortune Teller, a Fraud, a Folk Devil
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EVENTS
Information on the latest cultural events
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ASIAN KUNG-FU GENERATION Launch Three Phase Tour for 30th Anniversary
日程 2026.10.17 - 2027.4.18
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TAMATAMA FESTIVAL 2026 Reveals First Lineup and Free Programs
日程 2026.10.17 - 2026.10.18
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Texas 3000 Add Kaneko Ayano and Qiezi Mabo to Tokyo Edition of Their Self-Curated Event
日程 2026.10.17 - 2026.10.30
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TAMATAMA FESTIVAL 2026 Adds Yasuyuki Horigome and Hedigan’s, Reveals Daily Lineups
日程 2026.10.17 - 2026.10.18
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kanekoayano Announces 2026 World Tour Across Australia, Europe and Japan
日程 2026.5.6 - 2026.11.29
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Hitsujibungaku Announce First Nationwide Hall Tour for 2026
日程 2026.9.4 - 2026.11.11
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Vaundy Announces First Ever Asia Arena Tour
日程 2026.9.5 - 2026.11.15
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Masayoshi Takanaka Announces Massive Japan Tour for 2026–2027
日程 2026.9.18 - 2027.2.28
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First Maebashi Biennale Scheduled for 2026
日程 2026.9.19 - 2026.12.20
#ART
Tokyo Exhibition Spotlights Shunga by Ukiyo-e Masters Kunisada and Kuniyoshi
日程 2026.10.3 - 2026.11.29SPECIAL
Netflix’s Plastic Beauty Asks Who Defines Beauty in Japan
Exploring cosmetic surgery, personal choice and the pressures shaping how we see ourselves
Yoko Hasada
From ChatGPT to Copenhagen: How Yui Neats and Markus Artved Found Each Other
Atsutake Kaneko
Inside Hiroshi Sugimoto’s EXTINCTION Exhibition: Photography, Time, and Truth
Shimanuki Taisuke
Yeon Sang-ho × Hideo Kojima: Creating Beyond the Market
Michiyo Nishimori
Suzu Toyama Is Just Getting Started
Ryohei Matsunaga
How Anna Nagase Brought Akane banashi’s Rakugo Performer to Life
Fumiko Kawazoe
Review: Human Vapor Reimagines a Japanese Sci-Fi Classic for the Age of Social Anxiety
バフィー吉川
How Japanese Artists Can Build International Careers: Insights from CUEW Showcase & Conference
Minami Goto
Joe Keery on Growing Up, Change, and Moving Forward
若林楓
14 Years of Solitary Gourmet, and Still Worth Savoring
Fujiwara Nao
Ryusuke Hamaguchi on All of a Sudden and the Art of Drawing Audiences In
Tsuyoshi Asai
DAMONS YEAR Wants You to Fall Apart Instead of Pretending You’re Fine
DAMONS YEAR on Emotional Honesty, Korean Indie Music, and the Influence of Shunji Iwai
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SERIES
Series with the artists
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Izumi Okaya
Izumi Okaya's "Would you like to have a drink at my house?"
VOL. 4
Manga Masters’ Dinner: Gao Yan and Okaya on Work, Food, and Politics
2024.8.2
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Mitsutaka Nagira
Where you can find Good Music in Japan
VOL. 12
Uncover Bliss in Kyoto’s Secret Spot, Kurochaya, with Vinyl and Tranquility
2025.3.13
#MOVIE
Yuji Shibasaki
That selection of music makes the film
VOL. 15
‘Exterior Night’: A Speculative Tale of Political Kidnapping
2024.8.8
#ART
Summer Eye
Summer Eye's Joy of Knowing
VOL. 5
To the River Museum: The Remarkable Arakawa River Linked to the Panama Canal
2024.5.23
#MUSIC
TAMIW
Music, work, and sometimes memorial services
VOL. 3
Cultural Riches Defy the Confines of Currency – Exploring the Realms of Value with Masafumi Goto
2023.11.2
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Taro Yoda
Floor Essence 〜dance・club・party〜
VOL. 6
SUGIURUMN Celebrates 25 Years: Journey from Band Member to Top Japanese DJ
2024.7.4
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Miram
Miram and Ban Obara's Exchange Diary, "With my chin resting by the window"
VOL. 10
A Glowing Farewell: Closing Words from Our Diary Exchange
2024.5.9
NiEW’S PLAYLIST
NiEW recommends alternative music🆕.
“NiEW Best Music” is a playlist that introduces artists who respond to the subtleties of the times and present new options.
The music recommended by the NiEW editorial staff, regardless of fame, genre, or national borders, is updated as needed.
J-WAVE and NiEWbring TOKYO POP CULTURE to the world
Aisho Nakajima, who expresses himself as queer, aims to be the person he needed to be when he was little.
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Ryoko Kuwahara, editor-in-chief of the web magazine “NeoL” expresses her appreciation for culture in her articles.
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Writer Minori Suzuki takes a feminist perspective on idols for fun and support
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Work like it’s Sunday. Buna at “TATTOO STUDIO YAMADA” pursues fun.
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that pioneers a new era.
NiEW is a culture media/company that walks alongside artists, teams, and organizations that present alternatives in every field, continuously searching for options to foster a better culture and society without being bound by "the norm" and through trial and error. We continue to transmit culture to bring excitement and smiles to as many people as possible.
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