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#MUSIC 2025.10.18

TAMATAMA FESTIVAL 2025 Kicks Off with 10 Acts, Featuring Sakura Fujiwara and THE BAWDIES

NiEW 2025.9.11｜11:51

#MUSIC 2025.11.9

“exPoP!!!!! Reunion 2025” Reveals 3rd Lineup with 12 Artists, Including Dos Monos and More

NiEW 2025.8.21｜13:06

#MUSIC 2026.1.4

rockin’on sonic Announces 2026 Return

NiEW 2025.8.14｜13:50

#MUSIC 2025.11.9

“exPoP!!!!! Reunion 2025” Adds 12 New Acts Including Helsinki Lambda Club, Khaki, HOME and More

2025.7.24｜10:50

#MUSIC 2025.7.25

Watch FUJI ROCK FESTIVAL’25 Live for Free on Amazon Prime Video and Twitch

NiEW 2025.7.17｜10:18

#MUSIC 2025.10.11

XG, Creepy Nuts, &TEAM, Camilo to Perform at Coca-Cola X Fes

NiEW 2025.7.10｜12:32

#MUSIC 2025.7.25

Fuji Rock Unveils Final Lineup and Timetable, Adds 16 ROOKIE A GO-GO Acts

NiEW 2025.7.10｜12:28

#MUSIC 2025.8.14

Toyota, Aichi’s Annual Summer Dance Celebration Announces 16 New Performers

NiEW 2025.7.3｜12:48

#MUSIC 2025.10.5

Ty Dolla $ign Joins Aichi “WIRED MUSIC FESTIVAL”; First Lineup Revealed

NiEW 2025.6.26｜15:27

#MUSIC 2025.11.15

Music and Art Festival Setouchi Contemporary Heads to Uno Port with SIRUP and SE SO NEON

NiEW 2025.6.26｜15:09

#MUSIC 2025.11.9

exPoP!!!!! Reunion 2025 Announces First Wave of Lineup: WONK, Satoko Shibata, Dongurizu, and More

NiEW 2025.6.23｜21:48

#MUSIC 2025.10.18

Asagiri JAM Unveils Second Wave of Performers with Annie & The Cold Wells and Oni no Migiude

NiEW 2025.6.19｜14:24

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#MUSIC 2025.9.17

Horsegirl to Embark on Their First Japan Tour This September

NiEW 2025.2.19｜16:12

#MUSIC 2025.9.17

Ichiko Aoba Adds Japan Dates to Ongoing World Tour

NiEW 2025.7.10｜12:20

#MUSIC 2025.9.18

Shun Ishiwaka Leads Band for Special Live Session with Robert Glasper and Yasuyuki Okamura

NiEW 2025.5.29｜11:30

#MUSIC 2025.9.18

Ringo Sheena and Kaho Nakamura Join Shun Ishiwaka-Led Band for Session Live

NiEW 2025.6.26｜12:53

#MOVIE 2025.9.19

‘Boy Kills World’ Set for September Release, Starring Bill Skarsgård in a Silent Action Role

NiEW 2025.5.2｜19:07

#MOVIE 2025.9.19

Wes Anderson’s Latest Film ‘The Phoenician Scheme’ to Hit Japanese Theaters in September

NiEW 2025.5.8｜18:11

#MUSIC 2025.9.20

Yamagata’s Gampeki Music Festival Announces Final Chapter, Returning After Three Years

NiEW 2025.3.28｜13:13

“Ghosts: When the Invisible Visible” opens at Arts Maebashi

NiEW 2025.9.4｜12:10

#MUSIC 2025.9.21

SUSHIBOYS Announce Solo Tour with Four Shows

NiEW 2025.8.1｜15:41

#MUSIC 2025.9.21

Yasuyuki Horigome’s “Uma no Hone” Marks 20th Anniversary with First Best-of Album

NiEW 2025.8.28｜12:26

‘The Last Blossom’ to Hold All-Standing Preview Screening at Spotify O-EAST “Jack & Music” Festival Featuring Denzel Curry Announced 4K Remastered GHOST IN THE SHELL Set for Limited Two-Week Revival Screening Gap Adds The Beatles, Kurt Cobain, and Nas to Its Vintage Music Tees Lineup

Nagano’s EACH STORY Hits Tokyo with Jakob Bro × Midori Takada, Gia Margaret, and Felbm Tate Britain Brings 1990s UK Art Retrospective to Tokyo Sanrio’s KUROMI Debuts First Song by lilbesh ramko

Discover Tokyo’s Remote Islands Through Sound: U-zhaan, MIZ, Ichiko Aoba Participate Bruno Mars’ Music to Light Up Japanese Fireworks in Bruno Mars Fireworks 2025 First Maebashi Biennale Scheduled for 2026

Salasa to Embark on Largest-Ever Tokyo, Nagoya, Osaka Tour “Ghosts: When the Invisible Visible” opens at Arts Maebashi rockin’on sonic Announces 2026 Return